In diesem vierten Band geht es um eine Perspektive, die besonders in den ökonomischen Sozialwissenschaften verbreitet und selbstverständlich ist: Alles Handeln und alle daran anknüpfenden sozialen Prozesse finden im Rahmen von unhintergehbaren und nicht einfach wegzudefinierende…
Institutional ethnography: a sociology for people
Talk at Work is a major collection of studies of language and interaction in a wide variety of institutional and workplace settings, including doctor-patient consultations, legal hearings, mass media, job interviews, visits by health visitors, psychiatric interviews, and calls t…
The analysis of how institutions are formed, how they operate and change, and how they influence behavior in society has become a major subject of inquiry in politics, sociology, and economics. A leader in applying game theory to the understanding of institutional analysis, Elin…
Examines the concept and the components of institutions, how they affect human behaviour in society, and the working rules that individuals use in making decisions. Provides a method for undertaking analysis of social, economic and political institutions and considers their role…