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Mobilization and diffuse ethnic organization The London Armenian community
By: Talai, Vered.
Subject(s): Anthropology | Urban anthropology | Mobilization | Armenians-London In: Urban Anthropology 13(2-3)Summary: Ethnic voluntary organizations are frequently diffuse organizationally. This organizational feature, it is argued, performs particular functions o f mobilization in its own right; distinct from & in tension with the more explicit objectives of rationalized bureaucratic structures. As voluntary agencies, these ethnic associations must persuade potential members to join rather than to comple them. In so doing, the more ambiguous are the aims of the association & diffuse its organization, the more likel it is to be able to mobilze a broader & more iinclusive cross-section of the ethnic population with which it is identified. The success of an ethnic association in performing this task of mobilization may however make it less effective as a channel for specific & explicit economic or political objectives. Thus the proliferation of Armenian associations in London & the diffuse & loosely articulated organizational framework which results thereby allows for the active participation in this ethinic community of a highly diversified membership.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Ethnic voluntary organizations are frequently diffuse organizationally. This organizational feature, it is argued, performs particular functions o f mobilization in its own right; distinct from & in tension with the more explicit objectives of rationalized bureaucratic structures. As voluntary agencies, these ethnic associations must persuade potential members to join rather than to comple them. In so doing, the more ambiguous are the aims of the association & diffuse its organization, the more likel it is to be able to mobilze a broader & more iinclusive cross-section of the ethnic population with which it is identified. The success of an ethnic association in performing this task of mobilization may however make it less effective as a channel for specific & explicit economic or political objectives. Thus the proliferation of Armenian associations in London & the diffuse & loosely articulated organizational framework which results thereby allows for the active participation in this ethinic community of a highly diversified membership.