The University of Arizona

Institutional Analysis in Sociology: "The Iron Cage Revisited," Revisited

A Symposium and Mini-Conference hosted by the University of Arizona Sociology Department, February 29th and March 1st, 2008.

Sponsored by the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Department of Sociology

Paul J. DiMaggio and Walter W. Powell's "The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields" is one of the most influential and widely cited papers in Sociology, Management, and Organizational Studies. To mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of its publication, the Sociology Department will host a symposium with the authors about the paper and the research it inspired, and a mini-conference featuring new work in the tradition of institutional analysis.

Symposium

12:15–2:00pm, Friday February 29, 2008.

Kiva Room, Student Union University of Arizona
Introduction and Welcome
Albert J. Bergesen, University of Arizona
Head, Department of Sociology
Panelists
Paul J. DiMaggio, Princeton University
Walter W. Powell, Stanford University
Elisabeth S. Clemens, University of Chicago
Moderator
Kieran Healy, University of Arizona

Mini-Conference

9:15am–1pm, Saturday March 1st, 2008.

Room 415, Sociology Department University of Arizona
Opening Remarks (9:15am)
Elisabeth S. Clemens
Session I: Institutions and Knowledge (9:30am)
Presenters
Matthew Brashears, University of Arizona
Frank Dobbin, Harvard University
Patricia Thornton, Duke University
Diane Vaughan, Columbia University
Discussant
Walter W. Powell
Break (11:00am)
Session II: Institutions and Inequality (11:30am)
Presenters
William T. Bielby, University of Illinois, Chicago
Laura Hunter, University of Arizona
Erin Leahey, University of Arizona
Discussant
Paul J. DiMaggio