McInerney, Paul-Brian, 1970-

From social movement to moral market : how the circuit riders sparked an IT revolution and created a technology market / Paul-Brian McInerney. - Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014] - 1 online resource (254 p.) : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9780804785129 9780804789066 (e-book)


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.