138: Relational Work Perspective -- Zelizer & Bandelj (Part 2)
In Part 2, we further contrast the relational work perspective of Zelizer and Bandelj with the dominant embeddedness perspective promoted by...
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138: Relational Work Perspective -- Zelizer & Bandelj (Part 1)
This month we examine three pieces from the relational work perspective in economic sociology, one by Viviana Zelizer and two by her former...
138: Relational Work Perspective -- Zelizer & Bandelj (Summary of Episode)
Coming soon! We will examine a contemporary stream in economic sociology, the relational work perspective, championed by Viviana Zelizer and...
137: Science as a Vocation -- Max Weber (Part 2)
In Part 2, we bring Max Weber’s speech about Science as a Vocation to the present day and show that many of the same themes and concerns Web...
E137: Science as a Vocation -- Max Weber (Part 1)
We return once more to Max Weber and look at one of his most important and noteworthy speeches, “Science as a Vocation.” The speech includes...
E137: Science as a Vocation -- Max Weber (Summary of Episode)
Coming soon! We return once more to Max Weber and look at one of his most important and noteworthy speeches, “Science as a Vocation,” delive...
136: Bureaucracy (revisited) -- Max Weber (Part 4)
This is an expanded version of the supplement from the original Episode 6 on Max Weber's Bureaucracy. This release includes both the origina...
136: Bureaucracy (revisited) -- Max Weber (Part 3)
In this release, we take a retrospective look at Weber's famous work and our original episode. How has our views about bureaucracy changed o...
136: Bureaucracy (revisited) -- Max Weber (Part 2)
This is an edited re-release of our Episode 6, Part 2 on Max Weber's bureaucracy, originally from January 2016. Next week, we will provide a...
136: Bureaucracy (revisited) -- Max Weber (Part 1)
We are revisiting an older episode, our Episode 6 on Weber’s bureaucracy. The original episode explored the work objectively, trying to unde...
136: Bureaucracy (revisited) -- Max Weber (summary of episode)
Coming soon! We will re-examine one of our earlier episodes which deserves another look. Weber’s chapter on the meaning of bureaucracy (Epis...
135: Boundary Work in Science -- Thomas Gieryn (Part 2)
In Part 2 of our episode on Gieryn’s 1983 article “Boundary-Work and the Demarcation of Science from non-Science,” we review the main points...
135: Boundary Work in Science -- Thomas Gieryn (Part 1)
We continue our series of discussions on the sociology of science and cover a seminal article that is commonly found as required reading in...
135: Boundary Work in Science -- Thomas Gieryn (Summary of Episode)
Coming soon! Our next episode features a 1983 article from Thomas Gieryn that discusses how the “boundary work” of scientists and others sci...
134: Normal Accidents -- Charles Perrow (Part 2)
In Part 2 of our episode on Charles Perrow’s book Normal Accidents , we carry the framework forward into the 21st century to consider newer...
134: Normal Accidents -- Charles Perrow (Part 1)
This month we are discussing Charles Perrow’s book Normal Accidents that addresses the risks associated with complex, tightly coupled high-r...
E134: Normal Accidents -- Charles Perrow (Summary of Episode)
Coming soon! Our next episode features a 1999 book by Charles Perrow titled Normal Accidents that addresses the risks associated with comple...
133: Strategic Planning & Design -- Henry Mintzberg (Part 2)
In Part 2 of our episode on five works of Henry Mintzberg, we move toward the contemporary environment and ask ourselves how much has change...
133: Strategic Planning & Design -- Henry Mintzberg (Part 1)
This month we return to the works of Henry Mintzberg, whose book Simply Managing we covered way back in Episode 14. This time, we decided to...
133: Strategic Planning & Design -- Henry Mintzberg (Summary of Episode)
Coming soon! We will cover a body of work by Henry Mintzberg. His career as a consultant and management researcher spans decades and has res...