Book contents
- Institutional Theory
- Institutional Theory
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Credits
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Institutional Theory: Its Role in Modern Social Analysis
- Part III The Institutional Level of Analysis
- Part IV Institutions of Modernity and Postmodernity: The Construction of Actors
- 9 The “Actors” of Modern Society:
- 10 Institutional Theory and World Society (2009)
- 11 Reflections on Part IV:
- Part V Conclusion
- Index
- References
10 - Institutional Theory and World Society (2009)
from Part IV - Institutions of Modernity and Postmodernity: The Construction of Actors
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 March 2021
- Institutional Theory
- Institutional Theory
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Credits
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Institutional Theory: Its Role in Modern Social Analysis
- Part III The Institutional Level of Analysis
- Part IV Institutions of Modernity and Postmodernity: The Construction of Actors
- 9 The “Actors” of Modern Society:
- 10 Institutional Theory and World Society (2009)
- 11 Reflections on Part IV:
- Part V Conclusion
- Index
- References
Summary
Reflections on how sociological neoinstitutionalism has been used to understand the rise, nature, and impact of the modern world order as itself a society. Discussion of globalization, and large-scale social change, from this perspective. Includes a discussion of Anglo-European modernity as a quasi-religious system.
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- Institutional TheoryThe Cultural Construction of Organizations, States, and Identities, pp. 243 - 280Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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