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Seminar: 08-29-W-30 Foundations of Institutional Theory - Details

Seminar: 08-29-W-30 Foundations of Institutional Theory - Details

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Course name Seminar: 08-29-W-30 Foundations of Institutional Theory
Subtitle
Course number 08-29-W-30
Semester WiSe 2025/2026
Current number of participants 14
expected number of participants 40
Home institute Soziologie
Courses type Seminar in category Teaching
Next date Monday, 15.12.2025 16:00 - 18:00, Room: UNICOM 3.3390 (SOCIUM - Mary-Somerville-Str. 3)
Type/Form
Englischsprachige Veranstaltung Nein
ECTS points 6

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Theories of institutions have been at the core of the social and behavioral sciences throughout the 20th and early 21st century. The course introduces theories of institutions from across the social sciences. The material covered ranges from institutional theory’s classical origins through to recent debates about the explanation of institutional change. Among the main problems discussed are the relationship between social action and institutions, the origins of social order and change, the role of culture and norms in social organization, and the interplay between social power and institutions. While the course delves deeply into theoretical debates, students are encouraged to link theoretical positions to their ongoing empirical research. Corresponding to the field of institutional theory, the course is paradigmatically eclectic. It covers positions from a broad variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives, among them classical anthropology, institutional economics, historical political science, and organizational sociology.

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