The relationship between institutions and action is an important and central theme in the social sciences. John Searles conception of that relationship, or how he defines institutions and rational action ...

This article outlines four supplementary theoretical models that reveal the different faces of Europeanisation of public administration: a hierarchical perspective, an organisational perspective, a network perspective, and a transformative perspective ...

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Michael Ignatieff (2004): The Lesser Evil Political Ethics in an Age of Terror. ~ Anne Marie Støkken og Børre Nylehn (2003): Et velferdsmarked i vekst: Privat barnevern i det offentlige ~ Dag Harald Claes ...