05029nam 2200745Ia 450 991079048530332120230126205616.01-283-54216-197866138546120-226-76955-010.7208/9780226769554(CKB)2670000000230991(EBL)988836(OCoLC)806040058(SSID)ssj0000741899(PQKBManifestationID)12309651(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000741899(PQKBWorkID)10742870(PQKB)10358586(SSID)ssj0000739305(PQKBManifestationID)12350724(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000739305(PQKBWorkID)10686955(PQKB)10945255(StDuBDS)EDZ0000119102(MiAaPQ)EBC988836(DE-B1597)525008(DE-B1597)9780226769554(Au-PeEL)EBL988836(CaPaEBR)ebr10588641(CaONFJC)MIL385461(EXLCZ)99267000000023099120111213d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSolidarity in strategy[electronic resource] making business meaningful in American trade associations /Lyn SpillmanChicago University of Chicago Press20121 online resource (532 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-76957-7 0-226-76956-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Solidarity, Strategy, and the Meaning of Business -- Chapter 2. " Unstable, Redundant, and Limited": The Puzzle of American Business Associations -- Chapter 3. Stable, Diverse, and Minimal: Contemporary Business Associations and Cultural Production -- Chapter 4. " Meet the Movers and the Shakers of the Industry": The Social Construction of Business Interests -- Chapter 5. " A Special Camaraderie with Colleagues": Presuming and Producing Solidarity -- Chapter 6. "To Grow the Industry": Business Associations and Economic Interests -- Chapter 7. " The Highest Level of Professional Recognitionviii": Business Associations and Technical Excellence -- Chapter 8. " A Voice for the Industry": Business Associations and Political Interests -- Chapter 9. "A Tense and Permeable Boundary": Business Associations in the Civil Sphere -- Chapter 10. The Power of Business Culture -- Appendix: Methodological Overview -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexPopular conceptions hold that capitalism is driven almost entirely by the pursuit of profit and self-interest. Challenging that assumption, this major new study of American business associations shows how market and non-market relations are actually profoundly entwined at the heart of capitalism. In Solidarity in Strategy, Lyn Spillman draws on rich documentary archives and a comprehensive data set of more than four thousand trade associations from diverse and obscure corners of commercial life to reveal a busy and often surprising arena of American economic activity. From the Intelligent Transportation Society to the American Gem Trade Association, Spillman explains how business associations are more collegial than cutthroat, and how they make capitalist action meaningful not only by developing shared ideas about collective interests but also by articulating a disinterested solidarity that transcends those interests. Deeply grounded in both economic and cultural sociology, Solidarity in Strategy provides rich, lively, and often surprising insights into the world of business, and leads us to question some of our most fundamental assumptions about economic life and how cultural context influences economic. Trade associationsUnited StatesBusiness anthropologyUnited StatesEconomicsUnited StatesSociological aspectsCapitalismSocial aspectsUnited Statestrade associations, business, capitalism, competition, community, solidarity, sociology, profit, self interest, commerce, intelligent transportation society, american gem association, collective interests, economic life, culture, economics, max weber, governance theory, germany, japan, antitrust law, membership, lobbying, public relations, accreditation, standards, networking, industry, sociability, camaraderie, professional discourse, professionalism, nonfiction, real estate brokers.Trade associationsBusiness anthropologyEconomicsSociological aspects.CapitalismSocial aspects381.068/4Spillman Lyn1125298MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790485303321Solidarity in strategy3850740UNINA