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  • Gay, Inc.

    The Nonprofitization of Queer Politics

    by Myrl Beam ...
    A bold and provocative look at how the nonprofit sphere’s expansion has helped—and hindered—the LGBT causeWhat if the very structure on which social movements rely, the nonprofit system, is reinforcing the inequalities activists seek to eliminate? That is the question at the heart of this bold reassessment of the system’s massive expansion since the mid-1960s. Focusing on the LGBT movement, Myrl ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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  • The New Public Service

    Serving, Not Steering

    by Janet V. Denhardt, Robert B. Denhardt ...
    The New Public Service: Serving, not Steering provides a framework for the many voices calling for the reaffirmation of democratic values, citizenship, and service in the public interest. It is organized around a set of seven core principles: (1) serve citizens, not customers; (2) seek the public interest; (3) value citizenship and public service above entrepreneurship; (4) think strategically, ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Missing Class

    Strengthening Social Movement Groups by Seeing Class Cultures

    by Betsy Leondar-Wright ...
    Many activists worry about the same few problems in their groups: low turnout, inactive members, conflicting views on racism, overtalking, and offensive violations of group norms. But in searching for solutions to these predictable and intractable troubles, progressive social movement groups overlook class culture differences. Missing Class looks through a class lens and discovers that members ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Succeeding From The Margins Of Canadian Society: A Strategic Resource For New Immigrants, Refugees And International Students

    by Francis Adu-Febiri,Everett Ofori ...
    It is possible to overcome barriers to minority success in Canada. The stance of this book is that new immigrants, refugees and international students do not have to settle for underachievement despite the cultural and structural disadvantages they face in Canada. The fact is, the unequal social structure of Canada has some cracks, and many minorities have used strategic resources to open up these ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Public Administration Theory Primer

    by H. George Frederickson ...
    The Public Administration Theory Primer explores how the science and art of public administration is definable, describable, replicable, and cumulative. The authors survey a broad range of theories and analytical approaches—from public institutional theory to theories of governance—and consider which are the most promising, influential, and important for the field. This book paints a full picture ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • The Enigma of Diversity

    The Language of Race and the Limits of Racial Justice

    by Ellen Berrey ...
    Diversity these days is a hallowed American value, widely shared and honored. That's a remarkable change from the Civil Rights era—but does this public commitment to diversity constitute a civil rights victory? What does diversity mean in contemporary America, and what are the effects of efforts to support it?Ellen Berrey digs deep into those questions in The Enigma of Diversity. Drawing on six ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Discreet Power

    How the World Economic Forum Shapes Market Agendas

    by Christina Garsten, Adrienne Sörbom ...
    Series series Emerging Frontiers in the Global Economy
    In Discreet Power, Christina Garsten and Adrienne Sörbom undertake an ethnographic study of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Accessing one of the primary agenda-setting organizations of our day, they draw on interviews and participant observation to examine how the WEF wields its influence. They situate the WEF within an emerging system of "discretionary governance," in which actors craft ideas and ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • Remaking the News

    Essays on the Future of Journalism Scholarship in the Digital Age

    Edited by Pablo J. Boczkowski, C. W. Anderson ...
    Series series Inside Technology
    Leading scholars chart the future of studies on technology and journalism in the digital age.The use of digital technology has transformed the way news is produced, distributed, and received. Just as media organizations and journalists have realized that technology is a central and indispensable part of their enterprise, scholars of journalism have shifted their focus to the role of technology. In ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • The End of Corporate Social Responsibility

    Crisis and Critique

    by Peter Fleming, Marc V. Jones ...
    Providing a much-needed critique of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practice and scholarship, this book seeks to redress CSR advocacy, from a political and critical perspective.A strident approach backed up by extensive use of case studies presents the argument that most CSR-related activity aims to gain legitimacy from consumers and employees, and therefore furthers the exploitative and ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • The Ethics Challenge in Public Service

    A Problem-Solving Guide

    by Carol W. Lewis, Stuart C. Gilman ...
    This thoroughly revised and updated third edition of The Ethics Challenge in Public Service is the classic ethics text used in public management programs nationwide. It also serves as a valuable tool for public managers who work in a world that presents more ethical challenges every day. It contains a wealth of practical tools and strategies that public managers can use when making ethical choices ... Read more

    $64.00 USD

  • Democracy in the Making

    How Activist Groups Form

    by Kathleen M. Blee ...
    Series series Oxford Studies in Culture and Politics
    Winner of the 2012 ARNOVA Outstanding Book in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research Award 2013 Charles Tilly Award for Best Book from the American Sociological Association Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements "Democracy in the Making offers a marvelous synthesis of sociological acumen and hope. Kathleen Blee finds that while social activists often narrow their visions of doable ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Wired and Mobilizing

    Social Movements, New Technology, and Electoral Politics

    by Victoria Carty ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society
    This book highlights how online networking offers potential for new forms of activist mobilizing, repertoires, participatory democracy, direct action, fundraising, and civic engagement. It calls for a re-conceptualization of some of the main tenets of contentious and electoral politics, which were originally constructed to describe and analyze face-to-face forms of mobilization, in order to more ... Read more

    $54.99 USD