The Old Institutionalism meets the New Institutionalism

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-306

  Abrutyn, Seth ^a   Turner, Jonathan H ^b  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Functionalism; institutions; Macro structural analysis; Organizations; Sociological theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053140136     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: 15338673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2011.54.3.283     Document Type: Article

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