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The Case of New Orleans. Wilbur J Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses Graduate School 1976 An Ecological Analysis of the Organizational Factor in the Expression of Political Action: the Case of New Orleans. Wilbur J. Scott Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses Recommended Citation Scott, Wilbur J., "An Ecological Analysis of the Organizational Factor in the Expression of Political Action: the Case of New Orleans." (1976). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 3045. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/3045 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 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University Microfilms International 300 North Zeeb Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106 USA St. John’s Road, Tyler's Green High Wycombe, Bucks, England HP10 8HR 77-10,397 SCOTT, Wilbur J., 1946- AN ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL FACTOR IN THE EXPRESSION OF POLITICAL ACTION: THE CASE OF NEW ORLEANS. The Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Ph.D., 1976 Sociology, community organization Xerox University Microfilms,Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106 AN ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL FACTOR IN THE EXPRESSION OF POLITICAL ACTION: THE CASE OF NEW ORLEANS A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Sociology by Wilbur J. Scott B.A., St. John's University, 1967 M.A., University of Texas at El Paso, 1972 December, 1976 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Successful completion of a graduate career is an event long in the making that inevitably incurs a consider­ able debt to others. I am, of course, deeply indebted to the members of my doctoral committee— Perry H. Howard, Michael D. Grimes, Alvin L. Bertrand, Quentin A.L. Jenkins, Prentiss E. Schilling (Experimental Statistics), and Paul E. Grosser (Political Science)— for their suggestions, en­ couragement, and, ultimately, their approval. I owe a special note of thanks to my director, Dr. Howard, for stick­ ing by me through "thick and thin" in the course of my doctoral studies. I also wish to publically thank George S. Tracy for his advice and support as a member of my committee for all but the final moments. Finally, David A. Whitney, my colleague at the University of Oklahoma, deserves special mention for his many substantive and stylistic critiques provided during the preparation of the final draft. There are many whose co-operation and assistance made the collection of data for this dissertation possible. Voter registration data and information were provided by the Office of the Orleans Parish Registrar of Voters. Election returns were made available to me by the Orleans Parish Democratic Executive Committee and the Office of the Secretary ii of State, the State of Louisiana. Also, many organizational leaders, candidates for office, and reference persons took the time to discuss the political organizations of New Orleans with me. To these agencies and individuals I am grateful and to them I express the hope that this disserta­ tion adds to the understanding of our city. The completion of this work is also a happy moment for my family, especially my wife, Bonnie, who supported and reinforced my aspirations, and my parents, who first encour­ aged my efforts in academics so many years ago. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ....................................... ii LIST OF TABLES ............. viii LIST OF FIGURES............................................ xii Chapter I. A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE ANALYSIS OF POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS ........................ 1 Introduction................................... 1 The Sociological Context of Political Organi­ zations ..................................... 2 The Electoral Context of Political Organiza­ tions ..................................... 6 Footnotes ..................................... 8 II. THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS...................... 9 Introduction................................... 9 Social Differentiation, Political Action, and the Organizational Factor ............. 10 Social Class and Political Action ......... 10 Race and Political Action ................. 16 Political Action and the Organizational F a c t o r .................................... 19 Organizational Dimensions of the Urban Community.................................... 21 Organizations as a Prime Feature of Urban L i f e ...................................... 21 Organizational Structure as a Reflection of Social Differentiation ............... 24 The Mediating Capacity of Organizations . 26 Organizations and Politics .................. 32 Strategies in the Analysis of Organiza­ tions ..................................... 32 Organizations as Reference Groups ......... 35 The Structure of Political Organizations. 38 Types of Political Organizations........... 41 A Proposed Model of Political Action......... 45 iv TABLE OF CONTENTS, Continued Page Specification of Theoretical Perspec­ tive ..................................... 45 Specification of the Theoretical Model . 47 Footnotes.................................. 51 III. DESIGN OF THE STUDY.......... 54 Introduction ................................. 54 Operationalization of Terms.............. 56 Objective Class and Racial Characteris­ tics ..................................... 56 Political Organizational Structure of the Community............................. 60 Political Participation................ 61 Statement of Hypotheses.................. 63 Sources of Data........................... 69 The Setting .................. 69 The Elections .......................... 72 The Organizations...................... 81 F o o t n o t e s ................................. 88 IV. THE ORGANIZATIONS.......................... 90 Introduction ................................. 90 Descriptive Summaries..................... 92 Alliance for Good Government (AGG) .... 92 Association of Independent Democrats (AID) ................................. 94 Black Organization for Leadership Develop­ ment (BOLD) .......................... 95 Community Organization for Urban Politics (COUP) ................................. 97 Crescent City Democratic Association (CCDA) ................................. 100 Crescent City Independent Voters League (CCIVL)................................. 105 Development Association of Wards and Neighborhoods (DAWN) .................... 107 Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO............. 109 Independent Women's Organization (IWO) . 110 Mid-City Democrats (MCD) ................. 112 New Orleans Coalition (NOC). ........... 114 New Orleans Voters Association (NOVA). 116 New Orleans Young Democrats (NOYD) .... 116 Ninth Ward Citizens Voters League (NWCVL). 117 Orleans Parish Progressive Voters League (OPPVL) ................................ 119 V TABLE OF CONTENTS, Continued Page Regular Democratic Organization (RDO). 121 Southern Organization for Unified Leadership (SOUL) ....................... 124 Tough-Minded Independent Leadership Tribunal (TILT) ......................... 128 Treme Improvement Political Society (TIPS) . 128 University of New Orleans Young Demo­ crats .................................... 129 Uptown Democratic Association (UDA).. 131 Composite Organizational
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