ISBN:
9780415702768
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (471 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Advances in Sociology
Parallel Title:
Print version Revisiting Institutionalism in Sociology : Putting the “Institution” Back in Institutional Analysis
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
There may not be a concept so central to sociology, yet so vaguely defined in its contemporary usages, than institution. In Revisiting Institutionalism in Sociology, Abrutyn takes an in-depth look at what institutions are by returning to some of the insights of classical theorists like Max Weber and Herbert Spencer, the functionalisms of Talcott Parsons and S.N. Eisenstadt, and the more recent evolutionary institutionalisms of Gerhard Lenski and Jonathan Turner. Returning to the idea that various levels of social reality shape societies, Abrutyn argues that institutions are macro-level structu
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Why a Book on Institutions?; The Cacaphony of Institutionalisms; The Catchalls; New Institutionalisms; Strategic Action Fields; Institutional Logics; The Mythos of Bourdieuian Sociology; Why Should We Revisit Historical Institutionalism?; Institutional Domains-Getting It Right; Clarity in Levels of Analysis; Power, Culture, and the Material Bases of Social Life; An Empirical, Comparative, Interdisciplinary Endeavor; Answering the Big Questions
Description / Table of Contents:
1. Institutional AutonomyIntroduction; A Sociology of Institutional Autonomy; Describing Institutions; Dimensions of Autonomy; The Generalization of Culture; The Existential Foundations of Institutional Autonomy; An Institutional Inventory; Kinship; Polity; Religion; Economy; A Brief Aside on Autonomous Economies; Law; Education; Secondary Institutions; Conclusion; 2. Building Autonomous Institutions from The "Inside-Out"; Introduction; Reconceptualizing Institutional Entrepreneurs; The Colloquial View of Entrepreneurship; Eisenstadt's Vision of Entrepreneurship; The Engine
Description / Table of Contents:
Political EvolutionA Synthetic Theory of Entrepeneurship; Entrepreneurs, Institutional Projects, and Institutional Autonomy; Elaborating Projects; Project Variation and the Multi-Linearity of Institutional Change; Phases of Projects; Institutional Projects and Institutional Autonomy; Final Thoughts; 3. The Ecological Dynamics of Institutions; Introduction; Ecological Dynamics; Intra- and Inter-Institutional Penetration; A Note on the Physical-Cognitive Distinction; The Rule of Proximity; Role Commitment; Intensive Ties; Extensive Ties; The Merger; The Moral and Social Order
Description / Table of Contents:
Visibility and PresenceNormative and Regulatory Control; Formalization; Translating Underlying Meanings; The Environment and Ecological Dynamics; The Institutional Environment; Core Support; Liaisons; Consumers; Extra-Institutional Entrepreneurs; Marginal Actors; The Multiplicity of the Core; Proxy Cores; The Jurisdictional Dimension; Intersecting Core Dynamics; Conclusion; 4. The Invisible Framework: Intra-Institutional Structure; A Descriptive Look Inside of an Institution; Levels of Embedding; Inter-Institutional Structural Links; A Word on Macro Space; Generalized Roles
Description / Table of Contents:
Intra-Institutional StructurationSegmentation and Differentiation; Exchange; Domination; Embedding/Inclusion; Mobility Within and Across Domains; Boundary Overlaps; Conclusion; 5. The Roots of Intra-Institutional Culture: The Circulation of Generalized Symbolic Media; Why Culture Matters; Media as Culture; What Are Generalized Symbolic Media?; An Inventory of Media; Examining the Dualism of Media; Specialized Institutional Language; The Material Side: External Referents of Value; The Objectified Form; The Embodied Form; The Institutionalized Form; Some Dynamics of Generalized Symbolic Media
Description / Table of Contents:
Temperature, Penetration, and Meta-Markets
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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