Exit, Voice, and Loyalty — Albert O. Hirschman - Harvard ...

An innovator in contemporary thought on economic and political development looks here at decline rather than growth. Albert O. ... As exit often ... RefineYourSearch­/­SearchOurSite About&Contact Subjects&Series Catalogs eBooks News Order Rights Permissions SupportthePress Cart:[0] Resourcesfor: Authors Booksellers&Librarians Educators Journalists Readers Exit,Voice,andLoyaltyResponsestoDeclineinFirms,Organizations,andStates AlbertO.Hirschman AddtoCart ProductDetails PAPERBACK $30.00•£24.95•€27.00 ISBN9780674276604 PublicationDate:02/01/1972Short 176pages5-1/2x8-1/4inchesWorld RelatedSubjects BUSINESS&ECONOMICS:Economics:GeneralBUSINESS&ECONOMICS:General Educators:Requestanonlineexamcopy»What’sthis? AboutThisBookAbouttheAuthor(s)ReviewsTableofContents Aninnovatorincontemporarythoughtoneconomicandpoliticaldevelopmentlookshereatdeclineratherthangrowth.AlbertO.Hirschmanmakesabasicdistinctionbetweenalternativewaysofreactingtodeteriorationinbusinessfirmsand,ingeneral,todissatisfactionwithorganizations:one,“exit,”isforthemembertoquittheorganizationorforthecustomertoswitchtothecompetingproduct,andtheother,“voice,”isformembersorcustomerstoagitateandexertinfluenceforchange“fromwithin.”Theefficiencyofthecompetitivemechanism,withitstotalrelianceonexit,isquestionedforcertainimportantsituations.Asexitoftenundercutsvoicewhilebeingunabletocounteractdecline,loyaltyisseeninthefunctionofretardingexitandofpermittingvoicetoplayitsproperrole. Theinterplayofthethreeconceptsturnsouttoilluminateawiderangeofeconomic,social,andpoliticalphenomena.Astheauthorstatesinthepreface,“havingfoundmyownunifyingwayoflookingatissuesasdiverseascompetitionandthetwo-partysystem,divorceandtheAmericancharacter,blackpowerandthefailureof‘unhappy’topofficialstoresignoverVietnam,Idecidedtoletmyselfgoalittle.” RelatedLinksAttheNewYorkReviewofBooksandTheAmericanProspect,readappreciationsofAlbertHirschman,whopassedawayin2012attheageof97 ReadtheNewYorkTimesobituaryforHirschman BuyElsewhere Bookshop.org » Amazon » Barnes&Noble » FindataLibrary »CiteThisBook » AboutHUPeBooks AboutExamCopies Awards&AccoladesAnEzraKleinShowRecommendedBook,2018 RecentNews AttheWashingtonPost,HealthyBuildingscoauthorJosephAllenprovidedtenvitalupdatestoourCOVIDplaybookfor2022. AttheLosAngelesTimes,JimDowns,authorofMaladiesofEmpire:HowSlavery,Imperialism,andWarTransformedMedicine,delvedintothehistoryofepidemiologythatmustinformpublicunderstandingofthecurrentpandemic. WhyDoWeStillHavetheElectoralCollege?authorAlexanderKeyssarspokewiththeHarvardGazetteaboutthedarklessonsfordemocracyoftheJanuary6,2021assaultontheU.S.Capitol. Blacklivesmatter.Blackvoicesmatter.AstatementfromHUP » FromOurBlog JohnRawls:SpeakinginaSharedPoliticalLanguage OntheoccasionoftheanniversaryofthepublicationofATheoryofJustice,AndriusGališanka,authorofJohnRawls:ThePathtoaTheoryofJustice,reflectsonsomeofRawls’sideasonmoralandpoliticalreasoning… SubscribetoE-News DumbartonOaksMedievalLibrary I TattiRenaissanceLibrary LoebClassicalLibrary MurtyClassicalLibraryofIndia About&Contact|Awards|Catalogs|ConferenceExhibits|eBooks|ExamCopies|News|Order|Rights|Permissions|Search|ShoppingCart|Subjects&Series Resourcesfor:Authors|Booksellers&Librarians|Educators|Journalists|Readers HarvardUniversityPressofficesarelocatedat79GardenStreet,Cambridge,MA02138USA&71QueenVictoriaStreet,LondonEC4V4BEUK ©2022PresidentandFellowsofHarvardCollege|HUPPrivacyPolicy•HUAdditionalEEAPrivacyDisclosures AMessagefromHUPaboutCOVID-19(April2020)