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Institutional Theory:
Problems and Prospects
B. Guy Peters
69
Reihe Politikwissenschaft
Political Science Series

69
Reihe Politikwissenschaft
Political Science Series
Institutional Theory:
Problems and
Prospects
B. Guy Peters
July 2000
Institut für Höhere Studien (IHS), Wien
Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna
Contact:
Prof. Dr. B. Guy Peters
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Political Science
4L01 Forbes Quadrangle, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
(: 001-412- 648-7250 email: [e-mail]
Founded in 1963 by two prominent Austrians living in exile – the sociologist Paul F. Lazarsfeld and the economist Oskar Morgenstern with the financial support from the Ford Foundation, the Austrian
Federal Ministry of Education, and the City of Vienna, the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) is the first institution for postgraduate education and research in economics and the social sciences in
Austria. The Political Science Series presents research done at the Department of Political Science and aims to share “work in progress” before formal publication. It includes papers by the Department’s teaching and research staff, visiting professors, graduate students, visiting fellows, and invited participants in seminars, workshops, and conferences. As usual, authors bear full responsibility for the content of their contributions.
Das Institut für Höhere Studien (IHS) wurde im Jahr 1963 von zwei prominenten Exilösterreichern – dem Soziologen Paul F. Lazarsfeld und dem Ökonomen Oskar Morgenstern – mit Hilfe der Ford-
Stiftung, des Österreichischen Bundesministeriums für Unterricht und der Stadt Wien gegründet und ist somit die erste nachuniversitäre Lehr- und Forschungsstätte für die Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften in Österreich. Die Reihe Politikwissenschaft bietet Einblick in die Forschungsarbeit der Abteilung für Politikwissenschaft und verfolgt das Ziel, abteilungsinterne Diskussionsbeiträge einer
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