TVA and the Grass Roots: A Study of Politics and Organization
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Famous, influential study of organizations in action at all levels in the creation and expansion of the Tennessee Valley Authority with all its land use, agricultural, political and human effects. Landmark application of social theory coupled with prodigious research and insightful analysis made this book legendary.
Newly republished in multiple formats in the Classics of Social Sciences series.
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Philip Selznick (1919-2010) taught generations of students as Professor of Law and Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the founding chair of the Center for the Study of Law and Society and of the Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program in the School of Law at Berkeley. His books include The Organizational Weapon; TVA and the Grass Roots; Law, Society, and Industrial Justice; Law and Society in Transition (with Philippe Nonet); The Moral Commonwealth; The Communitarian Persuasion; and A Humanist Science.
