March 17, 2000
The Risky Power of the Academic Boycott
One of the few forms of power that generally powerless academics can wield is the boycott. Annual meetings of academic professional associations are not nearly as profitable for the hotels that house them and the cities that welcome them as industrial trade shows, but they are not insignificant. The threat not to hold a convention at a particular place, or to cancel one already planned, will be noticed by local chambers of commerce. When academics sign a protest
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