/polisci/ en /polisci/2026/06/16/theories-institutions <span>Theories of Institutions</span> <span><span>Avery Lord</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-06-16T14:12:56-06:00" title="Tuesday, June 16, 2026 - 14:12">Tue, 06/16/2026 - 14:12</time> </span> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/polisci/taxonomy/term/1074"> 2023 </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/polisci/taxonomy/term/576" hreflang="en">Joe Jupille</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p><a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=13283730833707359577&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=scholarr" rel="nofollow">Theories of Institutions</a></p><p>By: <span>CR Hinings, Joseph Jupille, James A Caporaso</span></p><p>Abstract:&nbsp;</p><p><span>This book has an ambitious goal—but not the one called for by some critics of institutional analysis in organization theory. The ambitious goal is to provide an overview, critique, and synthesis of institutional theories in the social sciences, particularly political science, sociology, and economics (organization theory is subsumed under sociology). However, the aim is not to provide an overarching theory of institutions or a critique of the field. Some scholars see institutional theory as uninhibited in its reach (</span><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00018392231199539#bibr1-00018392231199539" rel="nofollow">Alvesson, Hallett and Spicer, 2019</a><span>) and in need of more discipline and structure (see responses by </span><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00018392231199539#bibr2-00018392231199539" rel="nofollow">Buchanan, 2020</a><span>; </span><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00018392231199539#bibr3-00018392231199539" rel="nofollow">Kraatz, 2020</a><span>; </span><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00018392231199539#bibr4-00018392231199539" rel="nofollow">Ocasio and Gai, 2020</a><span>). What Jupille and Caporaso want is “engagement across disciplines, subfields and levels of expertise” (p. 1) and research, and they reveal this more eclectic position by not attempting to summarize and integrate definitions of institutions; instead, they provide their own: “intertemporal social arrangements that shape human relations in support of particular values” (p. 3). For Jupille and Caporaso, searching for a single, overarching definition is fruitless.</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 16 Jun 2026 20:12:56 +0000 Avery Lord 6816 at /polisci /polisci/2018/03/01/cu-connections-joe-jupille <span>С���� Connections: Joe Jupille</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2018-03-01T08:28:27-07:00" title="Thursday, March 1, 2018 - 08:28">Thu, 03/01/2018 - 08:28</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/polisci/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/joe_jupille_sorts.jpg?h=ade2fbef&amp;itok=5MNHMuPq" width="1200" height="800" alt="Joe Jupille"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/polisci/taxonomy/term/54"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/polisci/taxonomy/term/576" hreflang="en">Joe Jupille</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 3"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Read more about our Political Science Professor, Joe Jupille, and his involvement in the С���� athletics department. His spotlight article is linked <a href="https://connections.cu.edu/spotlights/five-questions-joe-jupille" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p><p> </p><div class="imageMediaStyle medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/polisci/sites/default/files/styles/medium_750px_50_display_size_/public/article-image/joe_jupille_sorts.jpg?itok=Sxt2uFgI" width="750" height="456" alt="Jupille"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Thu, 01 Mar 2018 15:28:27 +0000 Anonymous 2286 at /polisci