1st Edition

Organizations, Institutions, and Intellectual Norms An Analytical Philosophy View of Institutional Change

By Alexander Styhre Copyright 2026
262 Pages
by Routledge

262 Pages
by Routledge

Organizations, Institutions, and Intellectual Norms: An Analytical Philosophy View of Institutional Change provides a new perspective on institutional theory by incorporating an analytical philosophy framework. This volume critiques the traditional assumptions that institutional logics or work inherently shape societal structures, arguing instead that intellectual norms and everyday language... Read more

Part I: Propositions

Chapter One. Institutions, their micro-foundations, and institutional change

Chapter Two. To act for reasons and to have such reasons justified

Part II: Empirical substantiation

Chapter Three. The justification of antitrust reform

Chapter Four. The intellectual norm of fairness and the question of economic inequality

Chapter Five. Bankruptcy law and the intellectual norm of truth

Chapter Six. Institutions are made, not given: Institutions change if and when intellectual norms are recognized or reformulated

Biography

Alexander Styhre is Chair of Management and Organization, Department of Business Administration, in the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.