Adaptiveness of political interest organizations to social change in the United States since 1960: a theoretical examination

This thesis presents a theoretical conceptualization and operationalization for a forthcoming empirical study of the adaptiveness of business associations, labor unions, and environmental organizations to social change since 1960. These three types of interest organizations are selected because they are particularly likely to have become targets of increased popular demands for environmental protection, a value change that has constituted one of the most important aspects of social change during the last three decades.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Political Science

Department dc:contributor.department

Political Science

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1990

Author dc:creator

• Amm, Joachim

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Rich, Richard C.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Walcott, Charles E.
• Luke, Timothy W.

• environmental protection

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

etd-11012008-063742

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/45429