IN THE INTEREST OF OTHERS by John S. Ahlquist, Margaret Levi ( 9780691158570 )

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IN THE INTEREST OF OTHERS
ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIAL ACTIVISM

By:

John S. Ahlquist, Margaret Levi

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ISBN 10:

0691158576

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9780691158570

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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

8 September, 2013

Pages:

336

Description:

Develops a theory of organizational leadership and governance to explain why some organizations expand their scope of action in ways that do not benefit their members directly. This title reveals how activist labor unions expand the community of fate and provoke preferences that transcend the private interests of individual members.

Synopsis:

In the Interest of Others develops a new theory of organizational leadership and governance to explain why some organizations expand their scope of action in ways that do not benefit their members directly. John Ahlquist and Margaret Levi document eighty years of such activism by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in the United States and the Waterside Workers Federation in Australia. They systematically compare the ILWU and WWF to the Teamsters and the International Longshoremen's Association, two American transport industry labor unions that actively discouraged the pursuit of political causes unrelated to their own economic interests. Drawing on a wealth of original data, Ahlquist and Levi show how activist organizations can profoundly transform the views of members about their political efficacy and the collective actions they are willing to contemplate. They find that leaders who ask for support of projects without obvious material benefits must first demonstrate their ability to deliver the goods and services members expect. These leaders must also build governance institutions that coordinate expectations about their objectives and the behavior of members. In the Interest of Others reveals how activist labor unions expand the community of fate and provoke preferences that transcend the private interests of individual members. Ahlquist and Levi then extend this logic to other membership organizations, including religious groups, political parties, and the state itself.

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31 line illus. 14 tables.

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Princeton University Press

Prizes:

Joint winner of Best Book Award, The Labor Project of the American

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