Microfoundations of Institutions
The notion of microfoundations has received growinginterest in neo-institutional theory along with an interest inmicrofoundational research in disciplines such as strategic management and economics.
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| Language: | English |
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Bingley :
Emerald Publishing Limited,
2019.
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| Series: | Research in the Sociology of Organizations Ser.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Microfoundations of Institutions; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Figures; Tables; List of Contributors; About the Contributors; Arguments and Institutions; Introduction; Argumentation Theory; Argument Structure; The Toulmin Model of Argument; Arguments and Institutions; Topic #1: Arguments and the Nature of Taken-for-Grantedness; Institutionalization and Deinstitutionalization; The Meaning of Silence; Topic #2: Arguments and the Macro-Micro Divide; Bridging Levels of Analysis; Institutional Complexity at Two Levels; Topic #3: Arguments and the Political Dynamics of Institutions
- Power and HegemonyA Theory of Institutional Politicization; Methodological Considerations: From Content to Structure; Conclusion; References; Rituals of Critique and Institutional Maintenance at the United Nations Climate Change Summits; Organized Events as a Sites for Studying Institutional Critique; Empirical Context and Method; Findings; Forms of Critique in UN Climate Policy; Critique and Actor Positions Over Time; Discussion; Postscript; Acknowledgements; References; Framing Fairness: Microfoundations of the Moral Legitimacy of Alberta's Oil Sands; Introduction
- Fairness as Microfoundation of Moral LegitimacyMethodology; Data Sources and Analysis; Findings: Framing of Fairness In and Around Regulatory Review Hearings; Period 1: 1960-1972 Oil Sands Challenges Conventional Oil; Period 2: 1973-1989 Federal Government Challenges Provincial Jurisdiction; Period 3: 1990-2010 Oil Sands Development Outpaces Conventional Oil, Causing Activists to Target Oil Sands' Environmental Practices; Discussion and Conclusion; References; From Cruise Director to Rabbi: Authoring the Agentic Self through Conventions of Narrative Necessity; Introduction; Theory
- Four Conventions of Narrative Necessity in Narratives of the SelfResearch Context and Methods; Findings; Conventions of Narrative Necessity in Tim's Career Narrative; Discussion; The Role of Conventions of Narrative Necessity in Identity Work; The Role of Conventions of Narrative Necessity in the Constitution of Agency; References; Melting Icebergs vs. Spectacularization: Storytelling of Conflicting Institutional Demands in Wildlife Documentaries; Introduction; Institutional Analysis and Storytelling; Research Context; Methodology; Mixed-Method Narrative Analysis; Qualitative Analysis
- Quantitative AnalysisFindings; Alternation; Amplification; Discussion; References; Microfoundations and Recursive Analysis: A Mixed-Methods Framework for Language-Based Research, Computational Methods, and Theory Development; Introduction; Methodological and Theoretical Overview; The RA Framework; Recursive Analysis: A Framework; Recursive Analysis: A Case Study; 1. Dimensionality Reduction: Reducing the Problem Space; 2. Pattern Recognition: Identifying Deep Structure; 3. Generalization: Generating Theoretical Constructs; Recursive Analysis: Implications; Conclusion; References