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    Change agency as performance and embeddedness : Exploring the possibilities and limits of Butler and Bourdieu
    (Routledge, 2015-01)
    Nentwich, Julia C.  
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    Özbilgin, Mustafa F.
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    Tatli, Ahu
    In this paper we explore the dual role of human agency in maintaining the status quo and generating change. Judith Butler and Pierre Bourdieu offer differing conceptions of change agency in relation to organisation and transformation of gender relations. Focusing on how those approaches would work, we analyse an empirical case study on a particular change process: getting women the right to vote in the Swiss cantons of Appenzell. We contribute to the current use of Butler's and Bourdieu's theories in organisation studies in three main ways. First, we explore stability and change from the lenses of these two scholars. Second, we illustrate how change agency looks from these two distinct perspectives. Finally, we offer an empirical analysis that identifies the main elements of change agency in the two frameworks and discuss the possibilities and limitations of bringing these two approaches together to better understand change agency.
    Type:journal article
    Journal:Culture and Organization
    Volume:21
    Issue:3
    DOI:10.1080/14759551.2013.851080
    URI:https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/106862
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