In Organizations Evolving, Howard Aldrich has crafted an elegant synthesis
of a wide range of recent research on organizational emergence and change. Through
reviews that encompass both his own empirical contributions and those of many others,
he articulates an evolutionary framework that harnesses key insights of organizational
theory to the analysis of social change. Beyond this theoretical contribution, each
chapter represents an act of service to the discipline. Aldrich surveys what we
have learned, what questions remain unanswered, and what questions we haven’t
yet tried to ask. Organizations Evolving will provide a foundation and inspiration
for new empirical contributions and theoretical transformations.
Elisabeth
Clemens, Department of Sociology, University of Arizona
