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- Title
Bringing Bourdieu’s master concepts into organizational analysis.
- Authors
Swartz, David
- Abstract
This article argues that while elements of Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology are increasingly employed in American sociology, it is rare to find all three of Bourdieu’s master concepts—habitus, capital, and field—incorporated into a single study. Moreover, these concepts are seldom deployed within a relational perspective that was fundamental to Bourdieu’s thinking. The article “Bourdieu and Organizational Analysis” by Mustafa Emirbayer and Victoria Johnson is a welcomed exception, for it draws on all three of Bourdieu’s pillar concepts to propose a relational approach to the study of organizations. It both reframes existing thinking about organizations, particularly from the neo-institutional and resource dependence schools, and indicates new directions for research in organizations to move. This paper evaluates their contribution calling attention to its many strengths and suggesting a few points that need future clarification and elaboration.
- Subjects
SOCIAL processes; BOURDIEU, Pierre, 1930-2002; SOCIOLOGICAL research; ORGANIZATIONAL research; HABITUS (Sociology); JOHNSON, Victoria; EMIRBAYER, Mustafa
- Publication
Theory & Society, 2008, Vol 37, Issue 1, p45
- ISSN
0304-2421
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11186-007-9053-x