Emergence of a New Institutional Logic: Shaping the Institutionally Complex Field of Community Radio in India
Abstract
We draw on an in-depth investigation into the phenomenon of community radio in India to identify the emergence of an institutional logic in a field. We delineate five stages of emergence, starting with problematization of dominant logics and ending with formation of an institutionally complex field. Further, we highlight how such a process results in organizational forms that reflect ongoing struggles among dominant logics and the emerging logic. We contribute to neoinstitutional studies on the emergence of social objects and also draw the attention of emergence theorists to the contested manner in which emergence takes place in the social world.
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Acknowledgments
We would like to acknowledge the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (GRF Grant: PolyU 548210 and PolyU 549211) for their funding of this research. We would like to acknowledge Babita Bhatt, who was co-investigator on GRF Grant (PolyU 549211), for her help in early stages of data collection and transcription. We also acknowledge assistance provided by Anusha Satturu at UMass Boston.
Citation
Riaz, S. and Qureshi, I. (2017), "Emergence of a New Institutional Logic: Shaping the Institutionally Complex Field of Community Radio in India", Emergence (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Vol. 50), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 383-418. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20170000050012
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