The frenzy of fields: an interview with Neil Fligstein on field-theory and social skill.

An interview with professor Neil Fligstein of the University of California, Berkeley is presented. Fligstein discusses the concept of social structure and the theory of conventional opposition on macro-social and micro-social orders. He views the discovery of the idea of strategic action field as organizational sociology in the politics and economics of U.S. government. He also outlines the benefits of large corporations in the economic development of the country.