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- Institutional Theory
- Institutional Theory
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Credits
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Institutional Theory: Its Role in Modern Social Analysis
- Part III The Institutional Level of Analysis
- Part IV Institutions of Modernity and Postmodernity: The Construction of Actors
- Part V Conclusion
- Index
- References
Part II - Institutional Theory: Its Role in Modern Social Analysis
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Book contents
- Institutional Theory
- Institutional Theory
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Credits
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Institutional Theory: Its Role in Modern Social Analysis
- Part III The Institutional Level of Analysis
- Part IV Institutions of Modernity and Postmodernity: The Construction of Actors
- Part V Conclusion
- Index
- References
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