Ronald L Jepperson
Biographic Data
| ID | 311881 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ronald L Jepperson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ronald L |
| FAMILY NAME | Jepperson |
| SIGNATURE | JEPPERSON R L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tulsa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 551 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Development and Application of Sociological Neoinstitutionalism (2002)
Presents the main arguments of sociological neoinstitutionalism in the areas of organizations, states, and identities. Illustrates the arguments with empirical research conducted through the year 2000.
Institutional Theory
Over the past three decades, Meyer, Jepperson, and colleagues have contributed to the development of one of the leading approaches in social theory, by analyzing the cultural frameworks that have shaped modern organizations, states, and identities. Bringing together key articles and new reflections, this volume collects the essential theoretical ideas of 'sociological neoinstitutionalism.' It clarifies the core ideas and situates them within soci…
Multiple Levels of Analysis and the Limitations of Methodological Individualisms
This article discusses relations among the multiple levels of analysis present in macro-sociological explanation-i.e., relations of individual, structural, and institutional processes. It also criticizes the doctrinal insistence upon single-level individualistic explanation found in some prominent contemporary sociological theory. For illustrative material the article returns to intellectual uses of Weber's 'Protestant Ethic thesis,' showing how …
Analytical Individualism and the Explanation of Macrosocial Change
Political Modernities
This article recommends that we recover two old contrasts from the history of social thought in order to facilitate the recently renewed discussion of multiple variants of European political modernity. Recovering them greatly aids in clarifying the different 'modernizing' paths that the European-system polities took during the state-consolidation and nation-building periods of the 'long nineteenth century.' Specifically, the basic polity forms de…
The 'Actors' of Modern Society
Much social theory takes for granted the core conceit of modern culture, that modern actors-individuals, organizations, nation states-are autochthonous and natural entities, no longer really embedded in culture. Accordingly, while there is much abstract metatheory about 'actors' and their 'agency,' there is arguably little theory about the topic. This article offers direct arguments about how the modern (European, now global) cultural system cons…
Individualism in Social Science
What properties of culture should we measure
The 'Actors' of Modern Society
Much social theory takes for granted the core conceit of modern culture, that modern actors-individuals, organizations, nation states-are autochthonous and natural entities, no longer really embedded in culture. Accordingly, while there is much abstract metatheory about 'actors' and their 'agency,' there is arguably little theory about the topic. This article offers direct arguments about how the modern (European, now global) cultural system cons…
Multiple Levels of Analysis and the Limitations of Methodological Individualisms
This article discusses relations among the multiple levels of analysis present in macro-sociological explanation-i.e., relations of individual, structural, and institutional processes. It also criticizes the doctrinal insistence upon single-level individualistic explanation found in some prominent contemporary sociological theory. For illustrative material the article returns to intellectual uses of Weber's 'Protestant Ethic thesis,' showing how …
Political Modernities
This article recommends that we recover two old contrasts from the history of social thought in order to facilitate the recently renewed discussion of multiple variants of European political modernity. Recovering them greatly aids in clarifying the different 'modernizing' paths that the European-system polities took during the state-consolidation and nation-building periods of the 'long nineteenth century.' Specifically, the basic polity forms de…
What properties of culture should we measure
Individualism in Social Science
What properties of culture should we measure
The 'Actors' of Modern Society
Much social theory takes for granted the core conceit of modern culture, that modern actors-individuals, organizations, nation states-are autochthonous and natural entities, no longer really embedded in culture. Accordingly, while there is much abstract metatheory about 'actors' and their 'agency,' there is arguably little theory about the topic. This article offers direct arguments about how the modern (European, now global) cultural system cons…
Political Modernities
This article recommends that we recover two old contrasts from the history of social thought in order to facilitate the recently renewed discussion of multiple variants of European political modernity. Recovering them greatly aids in clarifying the different 'modernizing' paths that the European-system polities took during the state-consolidation and nation-building periods of the 'long nineteenth century.' Specifically, the basic polity forms de…
Analytical Individualism and the Explanation of Macrosocial Change
Multiple Levels of Analysis and the Limitations of Methodological Individualisms
This article discusses relations among the multiple levels of analysis present in macro-sociological explanation-i.e., relations of individual, structural, and institutional processes. It also criticizes the doctrinal insistence upon single-level individualistic explanation found in some prominent contemporary sociological theory. For illustrative material the article returns to intellectual uses of Weber's 'Protestant Ethic thesis,' showing how …
The Development and Application of Sociological Neoinstitutionalism (2002)
Presents the main arguments of sociological neoinstitutionalism in the areas of organizations, states, and identities. Illustrates the arguments with empirical research conducted through the year 2000.
Institutional Theory
Over the past three decades, Meyer, Jepperson, and colleagues have contributed to the development of one of the leading approaches in social theory, by analyzing the cultural frameworks that have shaped modern organizations, states, and identities. Bringing together key articles and new reflections, this volume collects the essential theoretical ideas of 'sociological neoinstitutionalism.' It clarifies the core ideas and situates them within soci…
Sociology (7 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (3 works) · Individualism (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Economics (2 works)