Institutions, Interaction and Social Theory by Dirk Lehn

Institutions, Interaction and Social Theory by Dirk Lehn

From hospitals and prisons to schools and corporations: no matter how large or seemingly abstract, all institutions are ultimately the result of the actions and interactions of people. In this original and innovative text, Gibson and Vom Lehn show the different ways in which studying people’s own meaning-making practices can help us understand the role of institutions in contemporary society. Institutions, Interaction and Social Theory takes the reader through the core conceptual foundations of Symbolic Interactionism, Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis. Engaging with a rich tradition in sociological thought, it suggests that interactionist perspectives have remained largely absent in the study of institutions, and how they contrast with and contribute to the broader field of research in institutional contexts. With chapters on healthcare, education, markets, and art and culture, this text will be of interest to those studying institutions, organisations and work in sociology and in business schools. It will also be valuable for students of social theory interested in interactionism, and in the challenges and opportunities of connecting complex theoretical discussions to real world examples.

WILL GIBSON is Reader in Social Research at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK.

Dirk vom Lehn is Reader in Organisational Sociology at King's College London, UK.

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ISBN 13	9780230362109
ISBN 10	0230362109
Title	Institutions, Interaction and Social Theory
Author	Dirk Lehn
Series	Themes In Social Theory
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2017-12-04
Number of pages	206
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