Dear all,
We would like to announce the publication of a new Special Issue/Symposium in Critical Sociology:
Re-Vitalizing the Concept of Organization: Inspirations from Recent Social Theory
This Special Issue/Symposium aims to revitalize the concept of organization in the light of pressing societal transformations with recent social theory in mind. The issue was guest edited by Robert Jungmann, Michael Grothe-Hammer, and Niels Åkerstrøm Andersen, and comprises the following 9 articles:
(Re-)Vitalizing the Concept of Organization: Inspirations From Recent Social Theory
by Robert Jungmann, Michael Grothe-Hammer, & Niels Åkerstrøm Andersen
Organization for Liquid-Modern Times? An Introduction
by Stewart Clegg
Platform Organizations and Fields: Exploring the Influence of Field Conditions on Platformization Processes
by David Seibt
Waste in Organizations: Discerning (Dis)value in Rational, Natural, and Open Systems Perspectives
by Nadine Arnold & Christopher Dorn
Old and New Organizational Forms in a Complex Society: A Systems-Theoretical Perspective
by Cristina Besio & Veronika Tacke
The Organization of Ignorance: The Australian 'Robodebt' Affair, Bureaucracy, Law and Politics
by Robert van Krieken
Unpacking Social Order: Toward a Novel Framework That Goes Beyond Organizations, Institutions, and Networks
by Michael Grothe-Hammer & Héloïse Berkowitz
A Critical Realist Model for Organizational Sociology
by Thiago Duarte Pimentel
Reflexive Organization and Radicalized Modernity: Revisiting the Organization–Society Nexus
by Arnold Windeler & Robert Jungmann
Please take also note of the following (previously unpublished) manuscript by Zygmunt Bauman, which was published already last year as a teaser for the Special Issue/Symposium. It was edited for publication by the guest editors and with permission by Bauman's family.
Organization for Liquid-Modern times?
by Zygmunt Bauman
We hope you'll enjoy the collection of articles we have compiled with this Special Issue/Symposium!
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Michael Grothe-Hammer
Associate Professor
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Trondheim
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