Glocalization through Emergent Narrative Communities Volume 1 for the 2014 Compendium Conference publications
The following index for Volume 1 of the compendium outlines how the dissertation topic itself will be broken down for expansion (into Part, Chapter, and Section). The idea of the 2014 Compendium Conference is to invite global participants to add both theoretical papers and research papers to the knowledge base that Leavitt's dissertation promises to open up. The goal is to inspire a global debate on how virtual institutions might emerge as a tool for uniting apparently disparate progressive groups into a global heterogeneous policy network, no matter how small or remote.
The Research Question: "Can the efforts of a progressive community organization that represents a marginalized and vulnerable population reasonably expect to have a meaningful impact on state-level policymaking when state-level politics are dominated by veto-proof majorities that pander to fundamentalist religious majorities and other powerful elite groups?"
| Part Title | Chapter Title | Section (hyperlink to sub-pages) | Part One:
Institutional Memory
| Preface
The Organization as a "Brain."
Cultural Anthropology
Linked Consensus-building Groups
Mental Health and Artistic Creativity
| Emergent Narrative Communities
The MOCSIE Compendium
Institutional Memory (Part One)
Narrative Communities (PartTwo)
Sustaining Institutions (Part Three)
Interpretive Monopolies (Part Four)
Policy Networks (Part Five)
Design Theory (Part Six)
Institutionalism
The Need for "Place" (see "Occupied Squares")
Organization Development Theory (Vol 2: Part 4)
A "Consultable Record" (Geertz)
Ostensive and Performative Views (Vol 2: Part 3)
Social Psychology and Sociology (Vol 2: Part 2)
Terror Management and Worldview Threat (Vol 2: Part 3)
The Failure of Hierarchy (Thayer)
Introduction to Design Theory (Vol 1: Part 6) (link here)
Sustaining Institutions (Vol. 1: Part 3)
(Introductory points only in this chapter.)
The Connection to Institutional Memory
The Cycle of Abuse (Vol 3: Part 2)
Personal Expression (Vol 3: Part 1)
Capturing all Media (Vol 3: Parts 3-8)
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Part Two:
Narrative Communities
| Narratives
Narrative Communities
Displacing Narratives
| Narrative Theory
Zero-sum (Ostensive) Narratives
The Futility of "Deconstructing" (Vol 1: Part 4)
Sustaining Institutions (Vol 1: Part 3)
How Membership is Defined
Narrative Boundaries
Meta-narratives
Micro-narratives
Disparate or Discordant?
Narrative "Alignment"
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Part Three:
Sustaining Institutions | Narrative's Reliance on Sustaining Institutions
Hegemony
Institutions as "Place"
Interpretive Monopolies | The Role of the Sustaining Institution
Entitlement
Complicity
The Progressive "Threat" (Vol 2: Part 3)
Consenting to Your Own Oppression (Hegemony)
Leaders or Gatekeepers?
Contact Hypothesis (Vol 2: Part 3)
Brick-and-Mortar Institutions
Virtual Institutions
Parasocial Contact Hypothesis (Vol 2: Part 4)
Positivism
Emergent Narrative Communities |
Part Four:
Policy Networks
(introduction) | (see Volume II: Chapter 1 for full literature review)
Interest Group Politics
Efficient Networks
Effective Networks |
Classical Theories
Emerging Theories
Homogeneous Networks
Plugging "Holes" in the Network
Hierarchy and its Gatekeepers
Heterogeneous Networks
Keeping "Holes" from Forming
Consensus Building Groups |
Part Five:
Design Theory | Creating the Face-to-Face Model
Infinitely Expandable
Brick-and-Mortar Economic Engines | Avoiding Hierarchy (Linked Groups)
Consensus Building
Engaging All Stakeholders
Avoiding Hierarchy (Stacked Units)
Spanning All Borders
Lowest Possible Barriers for Access
Erasing the Digital Divide
Self-employment Incubation Centers
Self-funding Activism
Glocal Governing Centers |
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