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Sociology and social theory has always been a major source of new perspectives for organization studies. Access to a series of authoritative accounts of theorists and research themes in sociology and social theory which have influenced developments in organization studies is essential for those wishing to deepen and extend their knowledge of the intersection of sociology and organization studies. This goal is achieved by drawing on a group of internationally renowned scholars committed in their own work to strengthening these links and asking them to provide critical accounts of particular theorists and research themes which have straddled this divide.

This volume aims to strengthen ties between organization studies and contemporary sociological work at a time when there are increasing institutional barriers to such cooperation, potentially generating a myopia that constricts new developments. Used in conjunction with its companion volume, The Oxford Handbook of Sociology and Organization Studies: Classical foundations, the reader is provided with a comprehensive account of the productive and critical interaction between sociology and organization studies over many decades.

Highly international in scope, theorists and themes are drawn from both the USA and Europe in equal measure. Similarly the authors of the chapters are drawn from both sides of the Atlantic. The result is a series of chapters on individuals and key research themes and debates which will provide faculty and post graduate researchers with appreciative, authoritative and critical accounts that can be drawn on to design courses or provided guided reading to the field.

Contents: 1. Introduction. Sociology, Social Theory and Organization Studies, continuing entanglements / Paul Adler, Paul du Gay, Glenn Morgan, and Mike Reed. European Influences. French and German Sociology and Social Theory : 2. Michel Foucault and the Administering of Lives/ Andrea Mennicken and Peter Miller. 3. Bourdieu and organizational theory: A ghostly apparition?/ Barbara Townley. 4. The Making of a Paradigm. Exploring the Potential of the Economy of Convention and Pragmatic Sociology of Critique/ Alan Scott and Pier Paolo Pasqualino. 5. Bruno Latour: An Accidental Organization Theorist/ Barbara Czarniawska. 6. A Theory of 'Agencing': on Michel Callon's Contribution to Organizational Knowledge and Practice/ Franck Cochoy. 7. Niklas Luhmann as Organization Theorist/ David Seidl and Hannah Mormann. 8. Jurgen Habermas and Organization Studies - Contributions and Future Prospects/ Andreas Rasche and Andreas Georg Scherer. 9. Bhaskar and Critical Realism/ Steve Fleetwood. 10. The Comparative Analysis of Capitalism and the Study of Organizations/ Glenn Morgan and Peer Hull Kristensen. Anglo-American Influences. American and British Sociology and Social Theory: 11. C. Wright Mills and the Theorists of Power/Edward Barratt. 12. Organizational Analysis. Goffman and Dramaturgy/Peter K. Manning. 13. Garfinkel and Ethnomethodology/ Nick Llewellyn. 14. Rational Choice Theory and the Analysis of Organizations/ Peter Abell. 15. Clifford Geertz and the Interpretation of Organizations/ Mitchel Y. Abolafia, Jennifer E. Dodge, and Stephen K. Jackson. 16. Risk, Social Theories and Organizations/ Michael Power. 17. Arlie Hochschild, Emotion and Affect/ Stephen Smith. 18. Discourse and Communication/ Timothy R. Kuhn and Linda L. Putnam. 19. The Second Time Farce. Business School Ethicists and the Emergence of Bastard Rawlsianism/ Richard Marens. 20. Hayek and Organizational Studies/ Nicolai J. Foss and Peter G. Klein. 21. Social Movement Theory and Organization Studies/Klaus Weber and Brayden King. 22. What's new in the 'new, new economic sociology' and should Organization Studies care?/ Liz McFall and José Ossandón. 23. Critical Theory and Organization Studies/Edward Granter. 24. British Industrial Sociology and Organization Studies: A Distinctive Contribution/ Stephen Ackroyd. 25. Anthony Giddens and Structuration Theory/Alistair Mutch. 26. Engendering the Organizational. Feminist Theorizing and Organization Studies/Marta B. Calás and Linda Smircich. 27. Organizational Studies and the Subjects of Imperialism/Raza Mir and Ali Mir. 28. Space and Organization Studies/Gibson Burrell and Karen Dale. Organizing Social Worlds: Sociology, Organization Studies and the 'social': 29. Organization Studies, Sociology and the Quest for a Public Organization Theory/ Andre Spicer. 30. What Makes Organization? Organizational Theory as a 'Practical Science'/ Paul du Gay and Signe Vikkelso.