Organizing for Collective Action: The Political Economies of Associations

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
About the Author
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. Introduction
	1. Unlimited Freedom of Associations
		What are Collective Action Organizations?
		Centrality of Associations in Society
		The Social Integration Problem
		The Organizational Governance Problem
		The Public Policy-Making Problem
		Conclusion
		Plan of the Book
Part II. Theory and Data
	2. Choosing Collective Action
		Rational Choice Models
		The Public Goods Dilemma
		Research Evidence on Collective Action
		The Normative Conformity Model
		The Affective Bonding Model
		A Synthesized Motivational Model
		Conclusion
	3. A Theory of Association Political Economy
		Theoretical Requirements
		Scope and Overview
		Environments and Organizations
		The Internal Economy
		The Internal Polity
		The External Polity
		Testing the Theory
		Conclusion
	4. A Profile of American Associations
		The National Association Study
		Telephone Survey of National Organizations
		Survey of Association Members
		A Descriptive Overview
		Organization Size
		Administrative Structure
		Organization Goals
		Environments of Associations
		Member Attributes
		Conclusions
Part III. Organizational Economy
	5. Fund-raising and Resource Allocation
		Budgetary Compositions
		Predictors of the Budget Process
		Statistical Procedures
		Revenue and Expenditure Effects
		Interaction Effects
		Member Contributions
		Conclusion
	6. Organizational Incentive Systems
		The Predisposition/Opportunity Framework
		Incentive Systems and Organization Goals
		The Structure of Incentives
		An Empirical Incentive Typology
		Conclusion
	7 Member Interest in Incentives
		Motives for Joining and Contributing
		Measuring Member Interest in Incentives
		Interests in Multiple Incentives
		The Lobbying-Services Trade-off
		Incentives and Contributions
		Conclusion
Part IV. Organizational Polity
	8. Association Governance
		Power: Authority and Influence
		Constitutional Authority
		Influence Distribution
		Authority Structures
		Influence Distributions
		Determinants of Governance Structures
		Conclusion
	9. Member Involvement
		Theoretical Expectations
		Measurements
		Contextual Analysis Methods
		Results
		Total Communication
		Interpretation
		Conclusion
	10. Mobilization for Influence
		Associations in the Organizational State
		An Advocacy Explosion
		Mobilizing Members
		Association Political Capacity
		Organizational Mobilization Efforts
		Member External Participation
		Organization Influence Tactics
		Conclusion
Part V. Conclusion
	11. All the Advantages of Civilization
		Summary of the Results
		Implications
		Directions for Future Research
		To Civilize Our Public Life
Bibliography
Index