John W. Meyer

"Many formal organizational structures arise as reflections of rationalized institutional rules. The elaboration of such rules in modern states and societies accounts in part for the expansion and incr…"

"Some institutionalist lines of thought, arising particularly in economics and political science, retain very strong notions of society as made up of bounded, purposive, sovereign, and rational actors.…"

"The authors analyze the nation-state as a worldwide institution constructed by worldwide cultural and associational processes, developing four main topics:"

"Moving further away from realist models, we come to some core ideas of modern sociological institutionalism . Here, actors are substantially empowered and controlled by institutional contexts, and the…"

"Most institutional theories see local actors – whether individuals, organizations, or national states – as affected by institutions built up in much wider environments. Individuals and organizations a…"