{"id":1968,"date":"2024-05-15T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T08:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/mdwpress\/?p=1968"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:01:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:01:19","slug":"books-social-organization-of-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/mdwpress\/en\/books-social-organization-of-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"The Social Organization of Arts \u2013 A Theoretical Compendium"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n.bdaia-post-title {\ndisplay: none;\n}\nh1 {\n  margin: 12px 0 12px\n}\nh3 {\n  margin: 25px 0 12px\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"one_third\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1958\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/mdwpress\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Buchcover-SocialOrganizationOfArts.png\" alt=\"green and yellow book cover of The Social Organization of Arts\" width=\"350\" height=\"532\" \/>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"two_third last\">\n<h1>The Social Organization of Arts<\/h1>\n<h2>A Theoretical Compendium<\/h2>\n<h3><em>Volker Kirchberg and Tasos Zembylas<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span class='bdaia-btns bdaia-btn-medium' style=\"background:#ffd746 !important;color:#000000 !important;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/mdwpress\/mdwp011-toc\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"color:#000000 !important;\">READ ONLINE<\/a><\/span><span class='bdaia-btns bdaia-btn-medium' style=\"background:#ffd746 !important;color:#000000 !important;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/mdwpress\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/mdwp011_SocialOrg.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"color:#000000 !important;\">DOWNLOAD PDF<\/a><\/span><span class='bdaia-btns bdaia-btn-medium' style=\"background:#ffd746 !important;color:#000000 !important;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcript-verlag.de\/media\/unknown\/ed\/2b\/a0\/oa9783732872848acaV0v1ZDsjeR.epub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"color:#000000 !important;\">DOWNLOAD EPUB<\/a><\/span><span class='bdaia-btns bdaia-btn-medium' style=\"background:#ffd746 !important;color:#000000 !important;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcript-publishing.com\/978-3-8376-7284-8\/the-social-organization-of-arts\/?c=433000000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"color:#000000 !important;\">PRINT EDITION &nbsp;|&nbsp; \u20ac37.00<\/a><\/span>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In recent decades, social and economic changes have brought about a growing awareness of the role of art and culture in society. As a result, scholars have turned their attention to a sociological view of arts, developing hermeneutic approaches and conducting empirical research that have led to a wealth of insights into the organization of arts. These studies of the creation, production, distribution, evaluation and consumption of arts are clearly sociological, but they include approaches from other disciplines, notably arts management studies and cultural policy research. Volker Kirchberg and Tasos Zembylas critically discuss seven major theories of the social organization of arts in Western societies, with the aim of encouraging further research and theoretical developments.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<\/div><div class=\"clear-fix\"><\/div>\n<h4>Endorsements<\/h4>\n<div class='white' style='border-radius:0px; padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;'>\n<div id='Slider_3604' class='owl-carousel sa_owl_theme owl-pagination-true' data-slider-id='Slider_3604' style='visibility:hidden;'>\n<div id='Slider_3604_slide01' class='sa_hover_container' style='padding:5px 5px; margin:0px 0%; '><style>.SliderButton1{background: !important;color: !important}.SliderButton1:hover{background:!important;color:!important}<\/style><div class='textContainer'>\u201cWhat happens when you apply an organisational perspective to the study of arts and culture? In this comprehensive treatment, Volker Kirchberg and Tasos Zembylas provide a useful and important theoretical synthesis that provides answers, but also raises points for debate and discussion. The authors make sense of a fragmented field, showing places where theorists in seven major traditions agree, and where they decidedly do not. The approach is thoughtful and enlightening, and the book provides stimulating reading.\u201d<br>\r\n<strong>\u2014Victoria D. Alexander, Professor of Sociology and Arts Management, Goldsmiths, University of London<\/strong><\/div><div><a href=' '  type='button'   target='_self' class='btn SliderButton1'><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div id='Slider_3604_slide02' class='sa_hover_container' style='padding:5px 5px; margin:0px 0%; '><style>.SliderButton2{background: !important;color: !important}.SliderButton2:hover{background:!important;color:!important}<\/style><div class='textContainer'>\u201cSociological research on the arts has generated a wealth of descriptive findings over the past several decades as well as some powerful theoretical insights, without much focus on either cumulation or synthesis. The current volume is a welcome intervention, providing a panoptically comprehensive overview of this field with admirable clarity and astute critical judgment.\u201d<br>\r\n<strong>\u2014Paul DiMaggio, Professor of Sociology, New York University<\/strong><\/div><div><a href=' '  type='button'   target='_self' class='btn SliderButton2'><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div id='Slider_3604_slide03' class='sa_hover_container' style='padding:5px 5px; margin:0px 0%; '><style>.SliderButton3{background: !important;color: !important}.SliderButton3:hover{background:!important;color:!important}<\/style><div class='textContainer'>\u201cThis well-written and fascinating book of the social organisation of arts is a must-read for scholars, practitioners and students. It\u2019s not only suitable for sociologists, but also for arts managers, art historians and beyond, I couldn\u2019t put it down. This book sets a benchmark for research to come in the context of the arts, its organisations and the networks that sustain relationships.\u201d<br>\r\n<strong>\u2014Ruth Rentschler, Professor in Arts and Cultural Leadership, University of South Australia<\/strong><\/div><div><a href=' '  type='button'   target='_self' class='btn SliderButton3'><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div id='Slider_3604_slide04' class='sa_hover_container' style='padding:5px 5px; margin:0px 0%; '><style>.SliderButton4{background: !important;color: !important}.SliderButton4:hover{background:!important;color:!important}<\/style><div class='textContainer'>\u201c<em>The Social Organization of Arts<\/em> assembles and explains the three most influential theoretical constructs for the study of art worlds, fields or systems. It also covers the dominating approaches for understanding what it is that is actually produced, distributed and consumed in music, literature, the visual and the performing arts. There exists hardly a more concise, up-to-date treatment of this expanding field of research.\u201d<br>\r\n<strong>\u2014Michael Hutter, Professor emeritus, Berlin Social Science Center<\/strong><\/div><div><a href=' '  type='button'   target='_self' class='btn SliderButton4'><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div id='Slider_3604_slide05' class='sa_hover_container' style='padding:5px 5px; margin:0px 0%; '><style>.SliderButton5{background: !important;color: !important}.SliderButton5:hover{background:!important;color:!important}<\/style><div class='textContainer'>\u201cA welcome addition to the literature on an important area: the social organization of arts. Based on a knowledgeable discussion of renowned theories, this compendium discusses conceptual tools useful to build-up meaningful empirical research while being sensitive to the complex, flexible, contingent and unpredictable dynamics of artistic organizations.\u201d<br>\r\n<strong>\u2014Marie Buscatto, Professor of Sociology, University of Paris 1 Panth\u00e9on Sorbonne<\/strong><\/div><div><a href=' '  type='button'   target='_self' class='btn SliderButton5'><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div id='Slider_3604_slide06' class='sa_hover_container' style='padding:5px 5px; margin:0px 0%; '><style>.SliderButton6{background: !important;color: !important}.SliderButton6:hover{background:!important;color:!important}<\/style><div class='textContainer'>\u201c<em>The Social Organization of Arts<\/em> masterfully displays both the centrality of the arts to society and sociological theorizing, as well as the centrality of sociological theory to understanding the production and organisation of the arts and their impact on society. 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width: 40%;\">Publication:<\/span>November 2024<br \/>\n<span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 40%;\">Print Length:<\/span>274 pages<br \/>\n<span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 40%;\">License:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/deed.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/mdwpress\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cc.svg\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" alt=\"CC-Logo\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"\/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/mdwpress\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/by.svg\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" alt=\"BY-Logo\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"\/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/mdwpress\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sa.svg\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" alt=\"SA-Logo\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 40%;\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/mdwpress\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Open_Access_logo.png\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" alt=\"SA-Logo\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\"\/> <span style=\"color:#f47500\">Open Access<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 40%;\">DOI:<\/span>10.14361\/9783839472842<br \/>\n<span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 40%;\">Print-ISBN:<\/span>978-3-8376-7284-8<br \/>\n<span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 40%;\">PDF-ISBN:<\/span>978-3-8394-7284-2<br \/>\n<span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 40%;\">EPUB-ISBN:<\/span>978-3-7328-7284-8<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two_third last\">\n<h4>About the Authors<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Volker Kirchberg<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6522-8389\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/mdwpress\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orcid.png\" alt=\"orcid\" width=\"19\" height=\"19\" \/><\/a> is Professor for Sociology of the Arts at Leuphana University L\u00fcneburg in Germany. His research fields are sociology of arts and culture, organizational arts sociology, studies of museums and society, and urban sociology. He has been section head and board member of the international sociological research networks of the European Sociological Association and of the International Sociological Association, as well as of the Association of Cultural Management Studies (of the German-speaking countries). His recent research interest lies in the interfaces of arts &amp; culture, cities, and cultural sustainability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tasos Zembylas<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1376-1952\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/mdwpress\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orcid.png\" alt=\"orcid\" width=\"19\" height=\"19\" \/><\/a> has been Professor for Cultural Institutions Studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna since 2003. Zembylas is member of the Advisory Board of the Research Network Sociology of Arts (European Sociological Association) and founding member of the Research Network on Implicit Knowledge (Forschungsnetzwerk Implizites Wissen). His research specializations include the sociology of artistic practices, public cultural policies, and the institutional analysis of arts.<\/p>\n<h4>Reviews<\/h4>\n<p>&ldquo;[D]ieses \u00e4u\u00dferst gut lesbare und stimmig komponierte Buch [bietet] nicht nur einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Vermittlung grundlegender kunstsoziologischer Ans\u00e4tze [&#8230;], sondern [dient] auch als spannende Inspirationsquelle zur Anwendung und Weiterentwicklung von Theorien&rdquo;<br \/>\n\u2014Michael Parzer in <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.11576\/ao-8506\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Artis Observatio Bd. 5 (2026)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With its rigorous analysis and multidisciplinary perspective, this book serves as a cornerstone in the fields of cultural sociology, art history and arts management.&rdquo;<br \/>\n\u2014Valerie Visanich in <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/09548963.2025.2482584\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Cultural Trends 35(1)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[Das Buch bietet] nicht nur eine wertvolle Orientierung f\u00fcr den Einsatz unterschiedlicher theoretischer Ausgangspunkte innerhalb der eigenen Forschung, sondern auch eine fundierte Basis, um die theoretischen Differenzen innerhalb der Kulturmanagementforschung besser zu verstehen und einzuordnen.&rdquo;<br \/>\n\u2014Ringo R\u00f6sener in <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11614-025-00600-x\">\u00d6sterreichische Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Soziologie 50(15)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kirchberg and Zembylas have produced timely and insightful intervention into the sociology of arts. By revisiting and reinterpreting established theoretical traditions, they reassert the importance of the social organization of the arts as a foundational concern for the field.&rdquo;<br \/>\n\u2014Linzhi Zhang in <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/17499755251359355\">Cultural Sociology 20(1)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I recommend the book to those of you interested in sociological theory and its application to the arts world.&rdquo;<br \/>\n\u2014Ruth Rentschler in <a href=\"https:\/\/gestiondesarts.hec.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/IJAM_v28_n1_BR_VF_2025-08-31.pdf\">International Journal of Arts Management (IJAM) 28(1)<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Citation<\/h4>\n<div id=\"zotpress-7b5a129f67f6406f24b5f3d94e778506\" class=\"zp-Zotpress zp-Zotpress-Bib wp-block-group\">\n\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_API_USER_ID ZP_ATTR\">4511395<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_ITEM_KEY ZP_ATTR\">{4511395:W5BT42VR}<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_COLLECTION_ID ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_TAG_ID 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