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Global Habitus, Local Stratification, and Symbolic Struggles Over Identity

American Behavioral Scientist, 2003
Employing Bourdieu's concepts of field and habitus, this article argues that McDonaldization, and by extension globalization, is a social and cultural practice, implemented by actors, with intentions, motivations, and goals. This analytical approach accomplishes two important objectives: first, it moves away from an agentless view of globalization ...
Illouz, E., John, N.
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Negotiating organizational future: symbolic struggles in a fiscal crisis

Journal of Organizational Ethnography, 2015
Purpose– The authors use concepts from the “communication constitutes organizations” (CCO) literature in combination with Cooren’s (2010, 2012) ventriloquism to demonstrate the symbolic uses of texts and shifting interpretations of authority during a negotiation regarding the future of a nonprofit educational institution. The two sides negotiating over
Zachary A. Schaefer, Owen H. Lynch
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Journalistic Organizations: Arenas for Professional and Symbolic Struggles

2020
From the end of the 19th century until the present, journalists have created associations, trade unions, clubs, and major international networks to organize workers, defend their rights, set out their duties, establish rules of good conduct, and structure their professional journalistic skills. These journalistic organizations are central actors in the
Florence Le Cam
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