Rodolphe Durand

TL;DR: In this article, identity movements that seek to expand individual autonomy as motors of institutional change are depicted. But they do not consider the role identities of actors in these movements, and instead focus on the sociopolitical legitimacy of activists, the extent of theorization of new roles, prior defections by peers to the new logic, and gains to prior defectors act as identity-discrepant cues.

TL;DR: In this article, identity movements that seek to expand individual autonomy as motors of institutional change are depicted. But they do not consider the role identities of actors in these movements, and instead focus on the sociopolitical legitimacy of activists, the extent of theorization of new roles, prior defections by peers to the new logic, and gains to prior defectors act as identity-discrepant cues.

TL;DR: This paper analyzed the erosion of categorical boundaries in the case of opposing category pairs in French gastronomy during the period from 1970 to 1997, when classical and nouvelle cuisines were rival categories competing for the allegiance of chefs.

TL;DR: This paper analyzed the erosion of categorical boundaries in the case of opposing category pairs in French gastronomy during the period from 1970 to 1997, when classical and nouvelle cuisines were rival categories competing for the allegiance of chefs.

TL;DR: The authors provide a formal definition of path dependence that disentangles process and outcome, and identify the necessary conditions for path dependence; distinguishing clearly between path dependence and other 'history matters' kinds of mechanisms; and specifying the missing link between theoretical and empirical path dependence.