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- Abrahamsson, Bengt
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Det gick som det gick. Om inre logik, särskilt i organisationer
- 1994
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In: Sociologisk forskning. - : Sveriges Sociologförbund. - 0038-0342 .- 2002-066X. ; 31:3, s. 3-22
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Whatever happened, happened. Some notes on inner logic, especially in organizationsThe notion that social events partly arise as a consequence of inner logic, i.e. that patterns and structures emerge outside of, or even in opposition against, plans and goals is a common element in social science. Inner logic is a summary term for social processes developing autonomously, i.e. without any individual or group intending them. Organizations quite often contain inner-logic processes. If, as this author maintains, fruitful organization theory has to build on rationalistic assumptions, how then do we handle instances of inner logic? A first step may be to break up the traditional link between structuralism and functionalism, maintaining the former and rejecting the latter. Organizations are intentionally dynamic, i.e. depend on order and predictability. To the extent that inner-logic processes appear in organizations, they should be analysed as confrontations between opposing rationalities rather than as spontaneous reactions of a ”system” . Also, frequently recurring organizational forms such as hierarchy are more fruitfully regarded as e.g. transaction-cost outcomes rather than as functional responses to system needs. Rationalism and structuralism are compatible, rationalism and functionalism are not.
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- Abrahamsson, Lena
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Kön görs även i moderna organisationer
- 2004
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In: Sociologisk forskning. - : Sveriges Sociologförbund. - 0038-0342 .- 2002-066X. ; 41:1, s. 3-10
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)
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- Abrahamsson, Lena
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Kön görs även i moderna organisationer
- 2004
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In: Sociologisk forskning. - 0038-0342 .- 2002-066X. ; 41:1, s. 3-10
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Explores realities between theoretical & practical developments in the advancement of gender equality in professional organizations. Gender inequality, understood to be a hindrance to the ultimate potential advance of any organization, has long been the target of theories & approaches aiming to help organizations restructure to allow for optimal gender equality & integration performance. However, it is often the case that even when these theories move beyond the rhetorical & into the realm of real institution, their ideal is not fully realized because of factors that make for only a partial implementation & therefore permit old ways of thinking to compromise the envisioned restructuring. In any such restructuring, both masculine & feminine roles undergo a change of definition & thus of application toward assignments that have stereotypically been predominantly associated with a given gender. Some of the facets of these mutations are detailed here. To potentiate a thorough change in gender roles & equality that would benefit both men & women as well as the organizations they work for, it is imperative to encourage further work that gains a deeper recognition of the actual symbols, structures, & practices that impact gender difference in all technical & organizational dimensions
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- Agevall, Ola
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Max Webers Freiburger Antrittsrede : Om migrationsprocesser, social urbäddning och social förändring
- 2001
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In: Sociologisk forskning. - : Sveriges Sociologförbund. - 0038-0342 .- 2002-066X. ; 38:3-4, s. 148-177
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Max Weber in Freiburg. On migration, disembedding and social changeThis article sets out to introduce the central topics in Max Weber’s inauguration lecture in Freiburg. It is argued that the central, but largely implicit, argument in Weber’s lecture concerns the transformation from a patriarchal to a capitalist mode of employment. Upon this interpretation, Max Weber’s objective is to explain specific migration processes in terms of a configuration of causes, where the social disembedding of rural labour is the key factor.
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- Agevall, Ola
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Redaktionens förord
- 2002
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In: Sociologisk forskning. - : Sveriges Sociologförbund. - 0038-0342 .- 2002-066X. ; 39:3-4, s. 4-8
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- Agevall, Ola
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Redaktionens förord
- 2003
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In: Sociologisk forskning. - : Sveriges Sociologförbund. - 0038-0342 .- 2002-066X. ; 40:1, s. 4-7
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- Agevall, Ola
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Weber, kausaliteten och oändligheten
- 1994
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In: Sociologisk forskning. - : Sveriges Sociologförbund. - 0038-0342 .- 2002-066X. ; 31:3, s. 57-78
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Weber, causality and infinityWhile it is widely acknowledged that Max Weber was a neo-kantian of some sort, comparatively little has been done to trace down how this affects other parts of his work. This article argues that Weber’s theory of causality can be viewed as an answer to problems evolving from his neo-kantian framework. The aim of the article becomes twofold. First, to give an exposition of Weber’s theory of causality, and second to use this piece of theory as an example of how parts of Weber’s methodology are designed to solve problems posed by the neo-kantian framework. The neo-kantian framework referred to can be summarized in the theses that (I) reality offers an infinite plenitude, and (II) that there is nothing in reality itself that can present us with its interpretation. Taken together, these theses result in the necessity for the subject to make a selection from the infinite reality. These theses are applied to the problem of selecting causes from the infinite causal chain. In order to solve this problem, Weber takes recourse to the adequate cause theory, a variant of jurisprudential theory founded by Johannes von Kries. The last part of the article gives an exposition of some of the basic characteristics and consequences of adequate cause theory.
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- Ahlbeck-Rehn, Jutta
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Underkuvade kunskaper och genealogins möjligheter
- 2010
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In: Sociologisk forskning. - : Sveriges sociologförbund. - 0038-0342 .- 2002-066X. ; 47:2, s. 25-48
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Subjugated knowledges and the possibilities of genealogyThe article explores the possibilities of “voicing” marginalized subjects by analyzing letters written by female mental patients in the beginning of the twentieth century. Following Michel Foucault, genealogy is here used as a means to explore and reclaim subjugated knowledges, i.e. knowledges that have been dismissed, distorted, disqualified and put aside by more powerful and ultimately victorious knowledge claims, in this case the psychiatric discourse. Historically oriented research on madness has often explored medical and cultural discourses and representations, as these correspond to sources that can be easily found in archives. This also means that mental patients’ own narratives and texts have been more difficult to trace, partly due to the paucity of available documentation. Herein lies a challenge: how can we represent these subjects, whose stories are inevitably always already captured and filtered by authorities, without portraying them either as passive victims or reducing them to effects of power networks? The article thus ponders research ethics, the question of Otherness and the power of representations. The difficulties in representing female patients’ “own”voices are discussed, yet the article points to the necessity of taking voices that are simultaneously in the margins and in the centre of more powerful discourses, seriously as objects of knowledge. The article argues that “the insurrection of subjugated knowledges”, i.e. bringing back such knowledges as represented here by mental patients’ narratives, opens us otherpossibilities of knowledge. Hence, mental patients’ letters are seen as important “fractures” in the official and legitimized knowledge of madness, offering alternative understandings of both committed individuals and the psychiatric discourse itself.
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- Ahmadi, Fereshteh, 1958-, et al.
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Mode, senmodernitet, identitet
- 2012
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In: Sociologisk forskning. - Uppsala : Sveriges sociologförbund. - 0038-0342 .- 2002-066X. ; 49:2, s. 129-144
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A common discussion in the late modern era is the role that tradition plays concerning individualidentity. This forms a background to our article that focuses on consumer culture andone of its characteristics – fashion. To what extent does consumer culture and fashion contributeto the undermining of traditions, and how does this affect individual identity? Wediscuss two interpretations of consumption in shaping individual identity: the first interpretationmaintains that by consumption individuals obtain an increasing freedom of choicemakingthem free from the power of tradition, and thereby responsible for their lifestylechoices. According to the second interpretation, the free choice is illusory. This choiceisstrongly influenced by factors such as social class and producers’ manipulative skills. Contrastingclassical social theorists with contemporary fashion theory we argue that late modernfashion is characterized by quick changes and pluralism that often stand in contrast totradition. We further discuss the increased importance of taste and new diffusion patternsas signs of a more individualized fashion, and discuss neo-tribalism as a post-traditional kindof community.
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- Ahrne, Göran, et al.
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Behövs medlemmarna?
- 2003
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In: Sociologisk forskning. - : Sveriges Sociologförbund. - 0038-0342 .- 2002-066X. ; :3, s. 3-10
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