| Power Plays: Critical Events in the Institutionalization of the Tennessee Valley Authority Contributor(s): Colignon, Richard A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 079143012X ISBN-13: 9780791430125 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1996 Annotation: Power Plays provides a conflict model of organizational behavior based on a historical reanalysis of the creation and early development of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) from its origins as a World War I munitions plant to its consolidation as the largest electric utility in the United States. It also examines Philip Selznick's classic work, TVA and the Grass Roots. The book shows how the interactions among the Depression, New Deal politics, the promise of electricity, and diverse ideologies with the strategic and tactical maneuvers of a policy network explain the institutionalization of the TVA. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | American Government - General - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 353.008 |
| LCCN: 95-39702 |
| Series: Suny the Sociology of Work and Organizations |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.92" W x 8.99" (1.13 lbs) 367 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Tennessee - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: CHOICE 1997 Outstanding Academic Books Power Plays provides a conflict model of organizational behavior based on a historical reanalysis of the creation and early development of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) from its origins as a World War I munitions plant to its consolidation as the largest electric utility in the United States. It also examines Philip Selznick's classic work, TVA and the Grass Roots. The book shows how the interactions among the Depression, New Deal politics, the promise of electricity, and diverse ideologies with the strategic and tactical maneuvers of a policy network explain the institutionalization of the TVA. |