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Brunsson, Nils (2003): The Organization of Hypocrisy, Copenhagen Business School Press. Kap. 1, 2, 8 og 9. (90 s.).
Christensen, Tom og Kjell A. R?vik (2000): "The Ambiguity of Appropriateness", i Morten Egeberg og Per L?greid (red.): Organizing Political Institutions. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. (22 s.). Kompendium
Krasner, Stephen D. (1988): “Sovereignty. An Institutional Perspective”, Comparative Political Studies 21. s. 66-94 (28 s.). Lenke
March, James G. og Johan P. Olsen (1989): "The Search for Appropriate Institutions", i James G. March og Johan P. Olsen: Rediscovering Institutions. The Organizational Basis of Politics. The Free Press. (25 s.). Kompendium
Meyer, John W. og Brian Rowan (1991): “Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony” , i Paul J. DiMaggio og Walter W. Powell (red.): The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis. Chicago og London: University of Chicago Press. (23 s.). Kompendium
Peters, Guy B. (2005): Institutional Theory in Political Science. The "New Institutionalism", London and New York: Pinter. Kap. 1, 2, 4-9. (142 s.).
R?vik, Kjell A. (1998). Moderne organisasjoner. Trender i organisasjonstenkningen ved tusen?rsskiftet. Kap. 4. (40 s.). Kompendium
R?vik, Kjell A. (2007): Trender og translasjoner. Ideer som former i det 21. ?rhundrets organisasjon. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. Kap. 11-15 (119 s.).
Scott, W. Richard (2008): Institutions and Organizations. Thousands Oaks: Sage. Kap. 1-3, 7.(80 s.).
Selznick, Philip (1997): Lederskap, Oslo: Tano Aschehoug. (113 s.).
Streeck, Wolfgang og Kathleen Thelen (2005): "Institutional Change in Advanced Political Economies". I Wolfgang Streeck og Kathleen Thelen, Beyond Continuity: Institutional Change in Advanced Political Economies. Oxford: Oxford University Press (57 s.) Kompendium
Thelen, Kathleen (1999): "Historical Institutionalism in Comparative Politics", Annual Review of Political Science 2. s. 369-404. (36 s.). Lenke
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