Chapter 12: Social constructivism

Constructivism

Concerns itself with the centrality of ideas an human consciousness, stresses a holistic and idealist view of structrues

Holism

Structures cannot be decomposed into individual units and their interactions because they are more than the sum of their parts

Regulative rules

Regulate activities that already exist, ex. road rules regulate driving

Constitutive rules

Define the activity, shape the identity and define what counts as a legitimate action

Institutional isophomorism

When organizations/institutions in the same filed become increasingly similar to each other