Neofunctionalism and Neoinstitutionalism: Human Agency and Interest in Institutional Change

Neofunctionalism and Neoinstitutionalism: Human Agency and Interest in Institutional Change

Neofunctionalism and neoinstitutionalism suffer from a macro bias that impairs recognition of human agency and interest in institutional change. A preliminary micro corrective organized around the concepts of institutional entrepreneurs and institutional projects is proposed. These concepts are elab...

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Veröffentlicht in:Sociological forum (Randolph, N.J.) N.J.), 1998-06, Vol.13 (2), p.265-300
1. Verfasser: Colomy, Paul
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Agency
Change Agents
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Functionalism
Human agency
Institutional buildings
Institutionalization
Institutions
Juvenile courts
Microsociology
Narratives
Organizational Change
Social change
Social innovation
Social theories
Sociology
Sociology of organizations and enterprises. Bureaucracy and administration
Sociology of work and sociology of organizations
Technological innovation
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Zusammenfassung:Neofunctionalism and neoinstitutionalism suffer from a macro bias that impairs recognition of human agency and interest in institutional change. A preliminary micro corrective organized around the concepts of institutional entrepreneurs and institutional projects is proposed. These concepts are elaborated to address three related problems: the content of institutional change; power, coalitions, and conflict in institutional change; and entrepreneurs use of accounts to legitimate their projects.
ISSN:0884-8971
1573-7861
DOI:10.1023/A:1022193816858