A world of meta-organizations / edited by Héloïse Berkowitz (LEST, CNRS, Aix Marseille University, Aix en Provence, France, Sanne Bor, LUT University, Finland) and Nils Brunsson (Uppsala University and Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research (Score), Sweden).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berkowitz, Héloïse, editor.

Bor, Sanne, editor.

Brunsson, Nils, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interorganizational relations.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

"Meta-organizations - organizations with other organizations as members - are everywhere. They exert significant influence over markets, public policies and their own members. In this insightful book, the authors argue that the contemporary world cannot be fully understood without understanding how meta-organizations function. They explain why meta-organizations are established, what they do and how they achieve their societal impact. Chapters describe and analyse meta-organizations in various social sectors and with various levels of outreach, from the G20 and OPEC to MERCOSUR and the Forest Stewardship Council, from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea to regional collectives of music festivals and French women's associations. This book is a valuable resource for scholars and students researching management, organization studies, sociology, political science and international relations. It will greatly benefit practitioners in organizational management and public policy, as well as journalists and social action groups interested in how the contemporary world is organized and governed"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Preface

1. What meta-organizations are / Héloïse Berkowitz, Sanne Bor, and Nils Brunsson

2. How meta-organizations matter / Héloïse Berkowitz, Sanne Bor, and Nils Brunsson

Part I: How meta-organizations affect their members

3. What are meta-organizations allowed to do? Dimensions and dynamics of mandates / Sanne Bor and Ville-Pekka Sorsa

4. Who does the job? Workforces of meta-organizations / Sanne Bor and Argyro Almpanopoulou

5. Unnoticed, ghosted, and scapegoated: A study of weakened meta-organization-member relationships / Susanna Alexius

Part II: How meta-organizations affect others

6. Building meta-organizational expertise: The case of the Collectif des Festivals' sustainability expertise / Sihem Mammar El Hadj, Laura Sabbado, and Ingrid Mazzilli

7. How meta-organizations influence their social environment: The case of the international council for the exploration of the sea / Kurt Rachlitz, Michael Grothe-Hammer, and Jennifer Leigh Bailey

8. Meta-organizations and the making of a neocolonialist global order / José Augusto Lacerda Fernandes, Mariana Baldi, Fernando Dias Lopes, and Héloïse Berkowitz

Part III: Landscapes of meta-organizations

9. Meta-organizations and other inter-organizational arrangements in the French women's cause field / Pierre Garaudel, Clotilde Coron, and Géraldine Schmidt

10. International groups in organizing world politics: The case of the G20 / Martin Koch

Part IV: What next?

11. More to learn about meta-organizations! / Héloïse Berkowitz, Sanne Bor, and Nils Brunsson.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035342228 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.