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Norms, culture, and world politics: insights from sociology's institutionalism

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ScottW. Richard, MeyerJohn W., and Associates, eds. 1994. Institutional Environment and Organizations: Structural Complexity and Individualism. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications.
ThomasGeorge M., MeyerJohn W., RamirezFrancisco O., and BoliJohn, eds. 1987. Institutional Structure: Constituting State, Society, and the Individual. Newbury Park, Calif.: Sage Publications.
BergesenAlbert, ed. 1980. Studies of the Modern World-System. New York: Academic Press.

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Martha Finnemore
Martha Finnemore
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Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., and is Social Science Research Council/MacArthur Fellow on Peace and Security in a Changing World, 1994/96.
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International Organization , Volume 50 , Issue 2 , Spring 1996 , pp. 325 - 347
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