75: Institutionalization - Philip Selznick (Part 2)
In Part 2 of our episode on Selznick\u2019s TVA and the Grass Roots, we discuss its implications on contemporary organizational studies. In many ways, the story of TVA mirrors those of many other grass-roots style operations that have taken place since. The \u201ccooptative mechanism\u201d Selznick identified, whereby power or the burdens of power are shared and co-evolve, showed the relevance of political relations in the legitimacy that organizations\u2014particularly public ones\u2014strive for in order to operate.