Journal Article

Norms, culture, and world politics: insights from sociology's institutionalism

Finnemore, Martha

1996

نظرة عامة

Sociologists working in organization theory have developed a powerful set of arguments about the roles of norms and culture in international life that pose direct challenges to realist and liberal theories in political science. Their arguments locate causal force in an expanding and deepening Western world culture that emphasizes Weberian rationality as the means to both justice, defined as equality, and progress, defined as wealth accumulation. These world cultural rules constitute actors - including states, organizations, and individuals - and define legitimate or desirable goals for them to pursue. World cultural norms also produce organizational and behavioral similarities that are not easily explained by traditional paradigms in political science. Because they call these cultural norms and rules \"institutions,\" the approach has been named \"institutionalist\" by those working within it. An overview is provided of sociology's institutionalism, and its implications for the study of world politics are explored.

• الناشر: Cambridge University Press,The MIT Press
• موضوع: Analysis / Constructivism / Culture / Globalization / Homogenization / Hypotheses / Institutional theory / Institutionalism / International Relations / Investigations / Liberalism / Methodology (Philosophical) / Nonfiction / Norm / Organization Theory / Organizational structure / Organizations (Social) / Political Science / Political systems / Politics / Realism / Review Essays / Role / Scientists / Social structure / Society / Sociology / Studies