Disciplinary Culture and Organizational Dissonance
The Regional Association in American Sociology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7100713 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bruce Keith (0000-0001-7734-6171, American Military Academy, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 83-105 |
| Publication date | 2004-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0237 • E-ISSN: 2162-1128 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00380237.2004.10571236 |
| OpenAlex | W1982603208 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 43 |
In this essay, I examine the contextual and historical relationship between the national and regional associations in American sociology. Four findings emerge from the analysis of this relationship. First, the regional associations underutilize the populations they represent. Second, the constituencies of the national and regional associations are diverging. Third, the regional associations appear no longer to serve as a viable pathway for involvement in the leadership of the national association. Fourth, the disciplinary visibility of the regional associations journals has declined, on average, since 1990. These four outcomes reflect a disciplinary drift toward internal differentiation, which can only be understood as a manifestation of the culture of American sociology. Specifically, the discipline is becoming increasingly incoherent as a result of the inaccurate perception it holds of itself as a science. This misperception, historically embedded within the disciplinary culture of American sociology, appears to guide the discipline toward an overemphasis on the production of research and the establishment of a governance structure that draws heavily on faculty from doctoral-granting departments. Accordingly, following from my analysis of the discipline's culture. I concude that sociology is better positioned as a profession than a science
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,62 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2018 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |