Poisedness and propagation: Organizational emergence and the transformation of civic order in 19th-century New York City
The emergence of novelty, especially of new categories of people and organizations, is
undertheorized in the social sciences. Some social worlds are more hospitable to novel
introductions or exogenous perturbations than others. Explaining this relative “poisedness”
is essential to understanding when and why new organizational forms appear, persist, and
expand, both cognitively and geographically. We offer a comparative analysis of two cases
of emergence in 19th-century New York City that examines the conditions under which a …
undertheorized in the social sciences. Some social worlds are more hospitable to novel
introductions or exogenous perturbations than others. Explaining this relative “poisedness”
is essential to understanding when and why new organizational forms appear, persist, and
expand, both cognitively and geographically. We offer a comparative analysis of two cases
of emergence in 19th-century New York City that examines the conditions under which a …
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