1st Edition
Revisiting Institutionalism in Sociology Putting the “Institution” Back in Institutional Analysis
By Seth Abrutyn
Copyright 2014
258 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
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8 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
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8 B/W Illustrations
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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... Read more
Introduction 1. Institutional Autonomy 2. Building Autonomous Institutions from The "Inside-Out" 3. The Ecological Dynamics of Institutions 4. The Invisible Framework: Intra-Institutional Structure 5. The Roots of Intra-Institutional Culture: The Circulation of Generalized Symbolic Media 6. Intra-Institutional Stratification: The Uneven Distribution of Media and Other Resources 7. Considering the Consequences of a New Theory of Institutions
Biography
Seth Abrutyn is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Memphis.
