Economic Sociology and Organizations

2016 Feb 11
2016 Mar 09

Walter P. Powell and Gregoire Croidieu: Lump, split, or elevate? How a classification created a château tradition in 19th century Bordeaux, France

4:00pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

William James Hall 1550

Economic Sociology Seminar presentation by Walter P. Powell, (Stanford University) and Gregoire Croidieu (University of Oslo).

Co-sponsored by the Culture and Social Analysis Workshop.

  • Abstract:

How and why does something temporary become resilient? Social classifications, industrial categories, and technical standards can be more or less malleable; but they each have the effect that the more they are used, the more they are reinforced. Such classifications both...

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