Science in the Modern World Polity: Institutionalization and Globalization

Gili Drori, John Meyer, Francisco Ramirez, Evan Schofer

ISBN 10: 0804744920 / ISBN 13: 9780804744928

Editore: Stanford University Press December 2002, 2002

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• Titolo: Science in the Modern World Polity: Institutionalization and Globalization
• Editore: Stanford University Press December 2002
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0804744920
• ISBN 13: 9780804744928
• Rilegatura: Trade Paperback
• Condizione: Used - Very Good
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Riassunto

This book presents empirical studies of the rise, expansion, and influence of scientific discourse and organization throughout the world, over the past century. Using quantitative cross-national data, it shows the impact of this scientized world polity on national societies. It examines how this world scientific system and national reflections of it have influenced a wide variety of institutional spheres—the economy, political systems, human rights, environmentalism, and organizational reforms.

The authors argue that the triumph of science across social domains and around the world is due to its institutionalized cultural authority rather than to its instrumental utility for societies or for their dominant elites. Thus, following the Stanford approach to institutional theory in sociology, the book emphasizes the symbolic or religious role science plays in the modern world.

Informazioni sugli autori

Gili S. Drori is Lecturer in the International Relations Program, Stanford University. John W. Meyer is Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Stanford University. Francisco O. Ramirez is Professor of Education at Stanford University. Evan Schofer is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota.

Gili S. Drori is Lecturer in the International Relations Program, Stanford University. John W. Meyer is Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Stanford University. Francisco O. Ramirez is Professor of Education at Stanford University. Evan Schofer is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota.