"Many formal organizational structures arise as reflections of rationalized institutional rules. The elaboration of su…"

"The authors analyze the nation-state as a worldwide institution constructed by worldwide cultural and associational p…"

"Contemporary institutional theorizing in the field of organizations dates back thirty-odd years. This particularly de…"

"Most institutional theories see local actors – whether individuals, organizations, or national states – as affected b…"

"Moving further away from realist models, we come to some core ideas of modern sociological institutionalism (see DiMa…"

"Americans have always been especially prone to regard all things as resulting from the free choice of a free will. Pr…"

"Democracy is clearly most appropriate for countries which enjoy an economic surplus and least appropriate for countri…"

"Here, for the last time together, appeared a triumvirate of old men, relics of a golden age, who still towered like g…"

"When one appeals solely to the truth of a discourse to authorize it intellectually and socially, one represses reflec…"

"On the other hand, ... a pragmatic turn ... expands the number of parties who may participate more or less as equals …"