The Diffusion of the Legitimate and the Diffusion of Legitimacy

This article models the implications of innovations being nested within categories. In effect, social actors assess the legitimacy of innovations vis-à-vis conformity to categories such that a sufficiently legitimate innovation may be adopted without direct reference to the behavior of peers. Howeve...

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Main Author: Gabriel Rossman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Sociological Science 2014-03-01
Series:Sociological Science
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Online Access:https://www.sociologicalscience.com/download/volume%201/march(2)/The%20Diffusion%20of%20the%20Legitimate%20and%20the%20Diffusion%20of%20Legitimacy.pdf