Neil Fligstein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Neil Fligstein

American sociologist

Date of Birth: 23-May-1951

Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington, United States

Profession: economist, sociologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Neil Fligstein (born May 23, 1951) is an American sociologist, and a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, known for his work in economic sociology, political sociology and organizational theory.
He has produced both empirical and theoretical works. Fligstein's main theoretical works center in economic sociology where he has created a "political-cultural" approach to markets in works on corporate control, the "architecture of markets", and "markets as politics." He has used these ideas to study the European Union's attempt to create a single market through cooperative political means.In 2008, he published a book with Doug McAdam entitled A Theory of Fields that proposes a cohesive view of field theory as an approach to study many of the key features of modern life including politics, the economy, and social movements.