Forster2013
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
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| Author(s) | Rosalie Förster |
| Title | Micro-Sociology on the Rise: The Changing Sociological Field in the 1960s and the Case of Conversation Analysis |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Micro-sociology, Conversation Analysis, Neo-institutionalism, Social interaction, Legitimation |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Journal | American Sociologist |
| Volume | 44 |
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| Pages | 198–216 |
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Abstract
There were substantial changes to be observed in the sociological field in the 1960s. Grand theories were being left behind and the notion of agency and an active shaping of structure became more popular in the turn towards micro-sociology. Harvey Sacks’ conversation analysis (CA) is one good example of the evolution of such a renewing way of doing sociology. Only relatively late in the evolution of CA, though, we can observe instances of institutionalization like the publication of compendia, the formation of sections within scientific associations, and a society dedicated to CA research. Applying a neo-institutional framework in this paper, we take into account the mutual influences between the established forces of the socio- logical field and the upcoming micro-sociological approaches in the 1960s with conversation analysis being one example. This procedure should help us to come closer to an understanding of the complex processes taking place in the course of the evolution of ideas.
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