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Grassroots for Hire
Although 'grassroots' conjures up images of independent citizen organizing, much mass participation today is sponsored by elite consultants working for corporations and powerful interest groups. This book pulls back the curtain to reveal a lucrative industry of consulting firms that incentivize public activism as a marketable service. Edward Walker illustrates how, spurred by the post-sixties advocacy explosion and rising business political engagement, elite consultants have deployed new technologies to commercialize mass participation. Using evidence from interviews, surveys and public records, Grassroots for Hire paints a detailed portrait of these consultants and their clients. Today, Fortune 500 firms hire them to counter-mobilize against regulation, protest or controversy. Ironically, some advocacy groups now outsource organizing to them. Walker also finds that consultants are reshaping both participation and policymaking, but unethical 'astroturf' strategies are often ineffective. This pathbreaking book calls for a rethinking of interactions between corporations, advocacy groups, and elites in politics.
Democratizing Inequalities
Opportunities to “have your say,” “get involved,” and “join the conversation” are everywhere in public life. From crowdsourcing and town hall meetings to government experiments with social media, participatory politics increasingly seem like a revolutionary antidote to the decline of civic engagement and the thinning of the contemporary public sphere. Many argue that, with new technologies, flexible organizational cultures, and a supportive policymaking context, we now hold the keys to large-scale democratic revitalization. Democratizing Inequalities shows that the equation may not be so simple. Modern societies face a variety of structural problems that limit potentials for true...
5613 Edward Walker Jeayes Diaries
Diaries of Edward Walker Jeayes.
Edward Walker McGraw Papers
This collection includes letters (16 pieces) from Matthew Paul Deady, U.S. District Judge in Portland, Oregon, to Edward Walker McGraw, Oregon District Attorney and District Court Judge, San Francisco. Subjects include Oregon and California politics, especially as reflected in local newspapers such as the Oregonian and the San Francisco Chronicle; legal cases before the Court; the Hayes-Tilden election of 1876; and Chinese immigration policies.
Corporate Social Responsibility in a Globalizing World
This book examines the rise and spread of corporate social responsibility across the globe and its impact on corporate reputation and behaviour.
Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Sociology
This comprehensive and authoritative Encyclopedia, featuring entries written by academic experts in the field, explores the diverse topics within the discipline of political sociology. By looking at both macro- and micro-components, questions relating to nation-states, political institutions and their development, and the sources of social and political change such as social movements and other forms of contentious politics, are raised and critically analysed.
