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urn:uuid:94ddce11-435d-4f94-a758-f6e3c1cc9783 03 15 9781805117742 00 EB E101 10 01 01 A Society of Meta-Organizations 1 A01 Héloïse Berkowitz Dr Héloïse Berkowitz is a research fellow at CNRS (LEST, Aix Marseille University), France and senior researcher at IBEI, Spain. She holds a Phd in management science from Ecole Polytechnique and a research habilitation (HDR) from Aix Marseille Univ. Her research deals with transitions to sustainability, with a focus on sectoral governance and collective action among organizations (meta-organizations), in various empirical settings from natural resources to collaborative economy or ocean sustainability. She co-founded the Peer Community in Organization Studies. In 2022, she received the CNRS medal of Bronze for her work on meta-organization and socio-ecological transitions. 01 eng 00 160 03 10 BUS085000 04 HS35 23 Meta-organizations 23 Politics and Sociology 10 BUS035000 23 Business and Management 23 Social orders 10 BUS042000 23 History: International Relations 23 Organizational theory 10 SOC026000 23 Sustainability transitions 23 Collective governance 01 06 03 00 Our contemporary societies are made of meta-organizations — organizations composed of other organizations. These range from international bodies like the International Whaling Commission, to national industry or business associations like the crowdfunding association Finance Participative France, to local associations such as fisheries co-management committees in Catalunya. Meta-organizations have become a defining feature of how actors coordinate, govern and make collective decisions. But what exactly makes them distinct, and why do they matter — both in theory and in practice?This book delves into the importance, characteristics and diversity of meta-organizations. It explores four interrelated perspectives: meta-organizations as a widespread, heterogeneous empirical phenomenon in contemporary society, as a conceptual framework that raises specific methodological challenges, as part of a broader theory of decision-based social orders, and ultimately as arenas where hegemonic and counter-hegemonic dynamics may unfold.By bridging theory and practice, this work offers new insights into how meta-organizations operate, how they can be studied and understood, the problems they raise and what they can achieve under certain conditions — making it essential reading for practitioners, students, scholars, and policymakers alike. 04 00 List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Preface 1. Why Study Meta-Organizations? The context Motivations of the book: A distinctive meta-organizational approach 2. Meta-Organization as an Important Empirical Phenomenon in Contemporary Societies Meta-organizations are everywhere and are numerous Analysing the diversity of meta-organizations The significance of meta-organizations for contemporary societies: Roles and activities of meta-organizations Conclusion 3. The Conceptual Specificities of the Society of Meta-Organizations Why do meta-organizations matter as a dedicated concept? Methodological challenges of studying meta-organizations Developing a meta-organizational analytical perspective Conclusion 4. Theorizing Meta-Organizations and Social Orders The decisional perspective on social orders From infra- to (meta-)organizationality: An integrated framework Conclusion 5. Meta-Organizations as Spaces for (Counter)-Hegemonic Dynamics Imperatives and paradoxes of meta-organizations and transformations of social orders Meta-organization, macro-organization and the proliferation of ‘organizational monsters’ Shifting paradigms and imagining alternatives Conclusion 6. Meta-Organizations and the Transformations of Social Orders The manifestations and consequences of meta-organizational proliferation Meta-organizing sustainable transformations of social orders in territories Decisional and alternative organizing among organizations Conclusion Partial Glossary of Concepts References Index Open Book Publishers 01 Open Book Publishers 04 01 20260212 02 WORLD 06 15 9781805117711 06 15 9781805117728 06 15 9781805117735 06 15 9781805117759 06 15 9781805117742 WORLD 09 Open Book Publishers 20 02 5.99 GBP WORLD