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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464496303321

Autore

McInerney Paul-Brian <1970->

Titolo

From social movement to moral market : how the circuit riders sparked an IT revolution and created a technology market / / Paul-Brian McInerney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-8047-8906-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Disciplina

303.48/40973

Soggetti

Social movements - United States

Nonprofit organizations - Information technology - United States

Technology consultants - United States

Consulting firms - United States

Markets - Moral and ethical aspects - United States

Markets - Social aspects - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The circuit rider mounts : establishing worth and the birth of a social movement -- Organizing for change : conferences, meetings, and the configuration of fields -- Institutional entrepreneurs build a bridge : connecting movements and markets through social enterprise -- Walking the values tightrope : the moral ambivalence of social enterprise -- The circuit riders respond : conventions of coordination as movements react to markets -- Patterns worth noting : markets out of movements.

Sommario/riassunto

In From Social Movement to Moral Market, Paul-Brian McInerney explores what happens when a movement of activists gives way to a market for entrepreneurs. This book explains the transition by tracing the brief and colorful history of the Circuit Riders, a group of activists who sought to lead nonprofits across the digital divide. In a single decade, this movement spawned a market for technology assistance providers, dedicated to serving nonprofit organizations. In contrast to



the Circuit Riders' grassroots approach, which was rooted in their commitment to a cause, these consultancie