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From Social Movement to Moral Market: How the Circuit Riders Sparked an IT Revolution and Created a Technology Market
Author: Paul-Brian McInerney
Year: December 1, 2013
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 5.9 MB
Language: English
Year: December 1, 2013
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 5.9 MB
Language: English
In From Social Movement to Moral Market, Paul-Brian McInerney explores what happens when a movement of activists gives way to a market for entrepreneurs. This book explains the transition by tracing the brief and colorful history of the Circuit Riders, a group of activists who sought to lead nonprofits across the digital divide. In a single decade, this movement spawned a market for technology assistance providers, dedicated to serving nonprofit organizations. In contrast to the Circuit Riders' grassroots approach, which was rooted in their commitment to a cause, these consultancies sprung up as social enterprises, blending the values of the nonprofit sector with the economic principles of for-profit businesses. Through a historical-institutional analysis, this narrative shows how the values of a movement remain intact even as entrepreneurs displace activists. While the Circuit Riders serve as a rich core example in the book, McInerney's findings speak to similar processes in other and "moral markets, and " such as organic food, exploring how the evolution from movement to market impacts activists and enterprises alike.