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Middle‐Range Theories of Institutional Change
Author(s) -
Nee Victor
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
sociological forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1573-7861
pISSN - 0884-8971
DOI - 10.1111/socf.12476
Subject(s) - sociology , presidential address , presidential system , social science , sociological theory , fragmentation (computing) , environmental sociology , political science , public administration , politics , law , computer science , operating system
This article is based on my presidential address delivered in Baltimore at the 2018 annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society. In it, I explore the ways in which theories of the middle‐range help us advance sociology as a social science at a time when many express concern about the fragmentation of the discipline.