About the Conference
The question of how social organizations emerge unites scholars across various paradigms within sociology as well as social scientists in related disciplines. Common theoretical issues are raised by the etiology of political institutions, regulatory regimes, technologies and ideas, markets, industries, organizational forms, and agents/roles. This work not only develops our phenomenological understanding, but it deepens fundamental social theories. Nevertheless, attempts to create venues for scholars who study the emergence of social organization have been surprisingly rare.
The conference is constructed to explore two questions: (1) what can we learn about the emergence of social organization from the diverse paradigms employed to ask this question?; and (2) what have we learned that is new? The first question motivates the conference’s design to balance the homogeneity and heterogeneity of leading thinkers. Panels dedicated to substantive areas of study will present short papers moderated by a discussant. The answer to the second questions will emerge from the presentations and discussions.
| Please note that hotel space is only guaranteed until: Tuesday, October 16, 2007. |
