Doctoral Dissertation Research: Multiplying Identities: Consolidation and Fragmentation in San Francisco, 1950-1993

9400895 Swidler博士论文研究改进资助项目下的奖项。它是对组织变革和差异化的研究。将收集1950年至1993年间在旧金山男女同性恋社区中出现的每一个已知组织的详细资料，所研究的组织总数预计将接近2000个。这些组织在此期间表达其身份的方式的变化将进行定性研究。此外，将对从竞争性组织理论，特别是关于组织同质化与多样化趋势的理论中得出的预测进行定量检验。这个项目将有助于社会学的几个不同领域。通过其对组织身份形成的关注，本研究将启发文化社会学和社会运动研究领域的主流工作，这些领域涉及低地位或越轨群体努力获得接受和权力的过程。它还将讨论组织社会学中的重要问题，因为随着时间的推移，组织的多样性日益增加，似乎与普遍认为组织同质化趋势应该占主导地位的预期相矛盾。除了通过研究获得的科学成果外，该奖项还将极大地帮助极有前途的学生完成博士论文的研究。有利于培养国家未来的科学人才，有利于培养下一代社会科学家。＊＊＊

9400895 Swidler This is an award under the Grants for Improving Doctoral Dissertation Research program. It is a study of organizational change and differentiation. Detailed information will be collected on every known organization that has arisen in the gay and lesbian community of San Francisco between 1950 and 1993, with the total number of organizations studied expected to approach 2000. The changing ways in which these organizations have expressed their identities over this period will be studied qualitatively. In addition, quantitative tests will be carried out on predictions drawn from competing theories of organization, particularly ones concerning trends toward organizational homogenization versus diversification over time. This project will contribute to several different fields within sociology. Through its focus on organizational identity formation, this research will enlighten prevailing work within cultural sociology and the study of social movements, fields which deal with the processes by which low status or deviant groups struggle to gain acceptance and power. It will also speak to important issues in organizational sociology, since the increasing diversity of organizations over time appears to contradict prevailing expectations that trends toward organizational homogenization should dominate. In addition to the scientific gains to be achieved by the research, this award will materially assist a highly promising student in completing research for the Ph. D. dissertation. Thus it contributes to the future scientific manpower of the nation and the thorough training of the next generation of social scientists. ***