POL SCI 6C Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Proletariat, Local Exchange Trading System, Bourgeoisie
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Pg 43: the presence of an exit tends to atrophy the voice. Page 121: argues that there are 4 tentative organizations; those with voice + exit, voice but no exit, exit but no voice, and neither. First category in which exit and voice are possible: characteristic of voluntary associations, competitive political parties, and some business enterprises; the types of orgs you can join, Exit: no: political parties, family; variant on exit voluntary associations, business enterprises through distance, however (like going away to college, moving out in general, etc. ) Voice: no: restaurants, totalitarian parties, something with clients, business enterprises criminal gangs, Hirschman talks about voice-no exit-no places as bad; during his time, the soviet union and. Exit is here considered as treason, and voice is mutiny exit and voice being illegal and severely penalized, they will be engaged in only when deterioration has reached that their effect will be destructive rather than reformist.