The cultural and social incorporation of sociological knowledge

Moral Entrepreneur

“…As opposed to the term Moral Panic, the term Moral Entrepreneur does not seem to have been incorporated in the public in terms of usage in the popular press as it was studied by Merton and Wolfe (Merton and Wolfe, 1995). Yet, facing any of the present-day outrages about violated norms makes one wonder how the concept of the moral entrepreneur could sink into oblivion.…”

Reestructuración turística y cultura empresarial en Andalucía. Una aproximación cualitativa a la sociología económica de las estrategias empresariales.

“…Este discurso se produce desde el marco cultural de significados y creencias acerca del mundo de las empresas y los mercados que, a partir de distintos mecanismos de incorporación cultural (Merton y Wolfe, 1995), da lugar a un conocimiento de sentido común (Chamorro, 2006) sobre la organización y la gestión de las empresas, vinculado y conectado con los productos genuinamente científicos, pero pasado por el tamiz de la experiencia local e históricamente determinada de los grupos de empresarios y directivos que lo manejan. Apoyándo-nos en la distinción planteada por Fernández Rodríguez (2007), nuestro enfoque implica pasar del análisis de la producción de ideas de gestión -la literatura de management, a la que atienden Boltanski y Chiapello (2002) o Alonso y Fernán-dez Rodríguez (2006)-al análisis de su consumo, atendiendo al uso que hacen de ellas los directivos y empresarios en contextos concretos.…”

How Public Are We? Coverage of Sociology by the Associated Press

“…The first area of literature focuses on what Merton and Wolfe (1995) dub the "supply side"; the production of sociological knowledge. The research that helps explain sociology's public role can be organized into three major areas: our message; our engagement with the public; and the demands of our professional culture.…”

“…As Merton and Wolfe (1995) outline, social science funding decreased dramatically during the Reagan administration, a trend that continued well into the mid-1990s. Correspondingly, the pressure for sociologists to pursue funding is relatively low compared with disciplines such as biological science and public health, both in terms of number of funded researchers and amount of funding dollars.…”