The Social Organization of Disease
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-89804-2 (ISBN)
Empirically, this book is a case-study analysis of dissolution processes in German AIDS organizations. Indeed, why is it that civic organizers start out with a commitment to a cause but end up dissolving their organization? This question is exactly what Kleres seeks to tackle within The Social Organization of Disease.
Focusing on the emotional bases of dissolved German AIDS organizations to develop a typology of civic action and organizing, Kleres presents a perspective on non-profit organizations that analyses organizational development through the emotional sense making of individual organizers, within the light of larger political processes and cultural contexts. To this end, this volume develops and applies a new methodology for researching emotions empirically, expanding the scope of narrative analysis. However, parallel to this, The Social Organization of Disease also explores how shifting discursive processes establish emotional climates and thus impact on state policies and the evolution of AIDS organizing.
The book would appeal to sociologists and political scientists working in the field of social movements and non-profit organisations: but it would also appeal to those who are interested in the sociology of emotions. It would potentially be of interest to non-profit scholars who consider community-based organizations, volunteerism and advocacy, and secondarily, to medical sociologists interested in AIDS service organizations. Sociology, International relations, Social Work, Political Science. May be of interest for NGO-activists and/or employees and leadership.
Jochen Kleres is a postdoctoral researcher at the Gothenburg Centre of Globalization and Development, at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Introduction
Conceptual Problems
Theoretical Problems
Theories of Volunteerism
Advances: Theories of Social Movements
Conceptual Problems Revisited: Empowering Distinctions
A Framework
Structure of the Book: On Studying Disbanded AIDS Organizations
References
Towards a Political Sociology of AIDS Service Organizations
A First Premise: The Social Construction of AIDS
The (Non-)Emergence of AIDS Organizations
A Second Premise: The Evolution of Public Health
Queer Corporatism
Professionalization and its Discontents
Power in the Field: The Field of AIDS Organizing
AIDS Service Organizations as Political and Discursive Agents
Conclusion: AIDS Service Organizations as a Form of Power
References
AIDS Organizations in Germany
Parallels: A Brief Note on the AIDS Discourse in Germany
The Role of Identity: The Emergence of AIDS Relief Organizations
The Power of Discourse: The Evolution of AIDS Policies in Germany
The Stakes of AIDS Organizing and of its Political Inclusion
The Evolution and Transformation of AIDS Relief
The Normalization of AIDS
Differences – The German Case in Contrast
Conclusion
References
Making Sense of Neo-Corporatism and Neo-Institutionalism
Neo-Corporatism – Principle Considerations
The Rationalist Premises of Neo-Corporatism
Neo-Institutionalism
Key Assumptions of Neo-Institutionalism
Neo-Institutionalism and Social Change
The Sensemaking Approach
Sensemaking: The Process of Organizing
Seven Characteristics and Some Sources of Sensemaking
Conclusion
References
Sensemaking, Narrative Analysis, and Emotions
Narrative Methodology and Analysis
Convergences: Sensemaking and Narrative Analysis
Emotions and Narrative Analysis
The Narrativity of Emotions
Towards Narrative Emotion Analysis
Other Linguistic Manifestations of Emotions
A Note on Realism in Narrative Interviewing
Non-Conscious Emotions
Sensemaking and Emotions
References
Activists, Volunteers, and Small Town Adversities
Paul’s Activism: Moral Shocks in a Climate of Adversity
Bureaucratization
Communal Counter Organizing and its Discontents
Paul’s Retreat
Activism
Volunteerism: Sandra and Claudia
Getting Involved
The Temperate Experience of Stigmatization
Volunteerism vs. Activism
Distinctions
Dissolution
Conclusion
References
AIDS Politics Between Compassion and Pity
Peter: Volunteerism, Political Inclusion, and Self-Confidence
Decline and Absurdity
Compassion, Rationalized AIDS Discourse, and Depoliticization
Formalization and Conflicts
Alfons: Pity and Avoiding Narration
Irrelevance: An Urban-Professional Perspective
Supporting Others and Pity
Dissolution: A Minimal Tragedy
Conclusion
References
Cuddly Easterners, Professionalism, and the West
Professionalization as a Tragedy of Activism: Adam
Community and its Preservation in Changing Times
Life in the Face of Death
In the West: Ambivalences of Building an Eastern German AIDS Relief Chapter
Ironies of Community Organizing: Professionalization
The Woes of Normalization
Funding Conflicts
The Feeling of Alienation & Activism
Professionalism: Erwin
"My First Job as a Social Worker": Professionalism
The Burdens of Grassroots Participation
Personal or Political? Funding Conflicts
Phoenix from the Ashes: Continuation
Professionalism
Solidarity and Communal Organizing: Benjamin
Positive Identifications
But Whose Identity? Inertia and Dissolution
Critique of Professionalization
The Funding Conflict: East vs. West?
Conclusion
References
Professionalism and the Limits of Migrantic Activism
Medical Professionalism: Sarah
Getting Involved: Discoveries of Medical Professionalism
Community Dynamics, the Burdens of Professional Work, and Professional Pride
Inclusions and Transformations
Emerging Conflicts
Cut-Backs and Gradual Dissolution
Professional Volunteerism: Onur
Intermediating Difference: Professional Volunteering
Constructions of Success: Bridging in Action
Conflicts and Dissolution
Hybrid Activism: Anıl
Hybrid Identifications
Navigating Conflicts
Dissolution
Conclusion
References
Conclusion: The Meaningful, Emotional, and Powered Nature of Nonprofits
A Different Take on Nonprofits
Three Modes of Civic Action
Modes of Civic Action, Narrativity, and Sensemaking
Hybridity and Interrelatedness
Contexts and Conditions
Modes of Civic Action and Civic Organizations
Demise
Coda
References
Appendix 1: Reflections on Fieldwork
Appendix 2: Transcription System
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.7.2017 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Routledge Advances in Sociology |
| Zusatzinfo | 1 Line drawings, black and white; 17 Halftones, black and white; 18 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 485 g |
| Themenwelt | Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Med. Psychologie / Soziologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-138-89804-X / 113889804X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-89804-2 / 9781138898042 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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