John Meyer

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• Global liberalism, emerging illiberalism, and human rights, 1980 to 2018. Social science research Cole, W. M., Schofer, E., Meyer, J. W. 2024; 120: 103001

  Abstract

  The international institutions established after 1945 enshrine and expand human rights norms. Recently, the global liberal order has been challenged by a variety of illiberal oppositions. We discuss how the trajectories of global liberalism and illiberal challenges may affect country human rights practices in both direct and diffuse ways. Hybrid panel regression models of human rights scores for 158 countries from 1980 to 2018 evaluate our arguments. We observe direct effects of global liberalism: countries linked to liberal organizations in world society have higher scores on measures of human rights practices. The growth of global liberalism also explains a great deal of within-country variation in human rights practices over time. However, recent illiberal challenges have the opposite effect. Countries linked to illiberal intergovernmental organizations are less respectful of human rights, and the global rise of illiberalism undermines human rights. We conclude with reflections on the importance of the global institutional and normative context for sustaining (and eroding) human rights.

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2024.103001

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• Global liberalism, emerging illiberalism, and human rights, 1980 to 2018 SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH Cole, W. M., Schofer, E., Meyer, J. W. 2024; 120

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2024.103001

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• The Social Effects of Entrepreneurship on Society and Some Potential Remedies: Four Provocations JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT INQUIRY Weiss, T., Eberhart, R., Lounsbury, M., Nelson, A., Rindova, V., Meyer, J., Bromley, P., Atkins, R., Ruebottom, T., Jennings, J., Jennings, D., Toubiana, M., Shantz, A., Khorasani, N., Wadhwani, D., Tucker, H., Kirsch, D., Goldfarb, B., Aldrich, H., Aldrich, D. 2023

  View details for DOI 10.1177/10564926231181555

  View details for Web of Science ID 001013776100001

• Immanuel Wallerstein Personal Reflections JOURNAL OF WORLD-SYSTEMS RESEARCH Meyer, J. W. 2023; 29 (2): 292-294

  View details for DOI 10.5195/JWSR.2023.1199

  View details for Web of Science ID 001058328200005

• Illiberal Reactions to Higher Education MINERVA Schofer, E., Lerch, J. C., Meyer, J. W. 2022

  View details for DOI 10.1007/s11024-022-09472-x

  View details for Web of Science ID 000836532400001

• Global Neoliberalism as a Cultural Order and Its Expansive Educational Effects INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY Lerch, J. C., Bromley, P., Meyer, J. W. 2021

  View details for DOI 10.1080/00207659.2021.2015665

  View details for Web of Science ID 000744736900001

• The Societal Consequences of Higher Education SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION Schofer, E., Ramirez, F. O., Meyer, J. W. 2020

  View details for DOI 10.1177/0038040720942912

  View details for Web of Science ID 000551156800001

• Interview with John W. Meyer: "If You Study Organizations You Should Not Believe in Them" Interviewed by Elena Gudova JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY-EKONOMICHESKAYA SOTSIOLOGIYA Gudova, E., Meyer, J. W. 2020; 21 (1): 127–39

  View details for DOI 10.17323/1726-3247-2020-1-127-139

  View details for Web of Science ID 000510764900009

• The Pyramid of Nonprofit Responsibility: The Institutionalization of Organizational Responsibility Across Sectors VOLUNTAS Pope, S., Bromley, P., Lim, A., Meyer, J. W. 2018; 29 (6): 1300–1314

  View details for DOI 10.1007/s11266-018-0038-3

  View details for Web of Science ID 000451481500012

• International Tests, National Assessments, and Educational Development (1970-2012) COMPARATIVE EDUCATION REVIEW Ramirez, F. O., Schofer, E., Meyer, J. W. 2018; 62 (3): 344–64

  View details for DOI 10.1086/698326

  View details for Web of Science ID 000438780000003

• TOWARD POST-NATIONAL SOCIETIES AND GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP ROUTLEDGE INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION RESEARCH IN ASIA PACIFIC Ramirez, F. O., Meyer, J. W., Cha, Y. K., Ham, S. H., Lee, M. 2018: 51–65

  View details for Web of Science ID 000461206100005

• "They Are All Organizations": The Cultural Roots of Blurring Between the Nonprofit, Business, and Government Sectors ADMINISTRATION & SOCIETY Bromley, P., Meyer, J. W. 2017; 49 (7): 939–66

  View details for DOI 10.1177/0095399714548268

  View details for Web of Science ID 000404789900001

• Christopher K. Chase-Dunn Circa 1970 JOURNAL OF WORLD-SYSTEMS RESEARCH Meyer, J. W. 2017; 23 (2): 571–73

  View details for DOI 10.5195/JWSR.2017.734

  View details for Web of Science ID 000416751900018

• The rise of individual agency in conceptions of society: Textbooks worldwide, 1950-2011 INTERNATIONAL SOCIOLOGY Lerch, J., Bromley, P., Ramirez, F. O., Meyer, J. W. 2017; 32 (1): 38-60

  View details for DOI 10.1177/0268580916675525

  View details for Web of Science ID 000397222900003

• Meyer Comment on Downey and Condron SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION Meyer, J. W. 2016; 89 (3): 227-228

  View details for DOI 10.1177/0038040716651679

  View details for Web of Science ID 000379605900007

• World Society and the Globalization of Educational Policy HANDBOOK OF GLOBAL EDUCATION POLICY Ramirez, F. O., Meyer, J. W., Lerch, J., Mundy, K., Green, A., Lingard, B., Verger, A. 2016: 43-63

  View details for Web of Science ID 000568970300004

• Dialogue, Debate, and Discussion MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION REVIEW Valikangas, L., Pope, S., Meyer, J. W. 2015; 11 (2): 173-177

  View details for DOI 10.1017/mor.2015.28

  View details for Web of Science ID 000358019800003

• The Worldwide Expansion of "Organization" SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY Meyer, J. W., Bromley, P. 2013; 31 (4): 366-389

  View details for DOI 10.1177/0735275113513264

  View details for Web of Science ID 000330221300004

• World influences on human rights language in constitutions: A cross-national study INTERNATIONAL SOCIOLOGY Beck, C. J., Drori, G. S., Meyer, J. W. 2012; 27 (4): 483-501

  View details for DOI 10.1177/0268580912443575

  View details for Web of Science ID 000305796100004

• Toward Post-National Societies and Global Citizenship MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION REVIEW Ramirez, F. O., Meyer, J. W. 2012; 4 (1): 1–28

  View details for DOI 10.1080/23770031.2009.11102887

  View details for Web of Science ID 000410281800001

• Student-Centeredness in Social Science Textbooks, 1970-2008: A Cross-National Study SOCIAL FORCES Bromley, P., Meyer, J. W., Ramirez, F. O. 2011; 90 (2): 547-570

  View details for DOI 10.1093/sf/sor004

  View details for Web of Science ID 000300108800010

• The Worldwide Spread of Environmental Discourse in Social Studies, History, and Civics Textbooks, 1970-2008 COMPARATIVE EDUCATION REVIEW Bromley, P., Meyer, J. W., Ramirez, F. O. 2011; 55 (4): 517-545

  View details for DOI 10.1086/660797

  View details for Web of Science ID 000296057900002

• Multiple Levels of Analysis and the Limitations of Methodological Individualisms SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY Jepperson, R., Meyer, J. W. 2011; 29 (1): 54-73

  View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1467-9558.2010.01387.x

  View details for Web of Science ID 000287530200003

• Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY-EKONOMICHESKAYA SOTSIOLOGIYA Meyer, J., Rowan, B. 2011; 12 (1): 44-+

  View details for Web of Science ID 000420535100004

• ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS-BRINGING MEANING, VALUES, AND CULTURE BACK IN: INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL RESEARCH FORUM ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL Suddaby, R., Elsbach, K. D., Greenwood, R., Meyer, J. W., Zilber, T. B. 2010; 53 (6): 1234–40

  View details for DOI 10.5465/AMJ.2010.57317486

  View details for Web of Science ID 000286642700002

• Human Rights in Social Science Textbooks: Cross-national Analyses, 1970-2008 SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION Meyer, J. W., Bromley, P., Ramirez, F. O. 2010; 83 (2): 111-134

  View details for DOI 10.1177/0038040710367936

  View details for Web of Science ID 000278455600002

• World Society, Institutional Theories, and the Actor ANNUAL REVIEW OF SOCIOLOGY, VOL 36 Meyer, J. W. 2010; 36: 1-20

  View details for DOI 10.1146/annurev.soc.012809.102506

  View details for Web of Science ID 000281254500001

• Globalization, citizenship, and education: the rise and spread of cosmopolitan, multicultural, and individual empowerment frames REVISTA PERUANA DE INVESTIGACION EDUCATIVA Ramirez, F. O., Meyer, J. W., Wotipka, C. 2009; 1 (1): 163–80

  View details for Web of Science ID 000420573000007

• Tangled paths to a world culture Contradictory trends in attitudes to globalization INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SURVEY PROGRAMME, 1984-2009: CHARTING THE GLOBE Hadler, M., Meyer, J. W., Haller, M., Jowell, R., Smith, T. W. 2009: 263–76

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• International human rights law and the politics of legitimation - Repressive states and human rights treaties INTERNATIONAL SOCIOLOGY Hafner-Burton, E. M., Tsutsui, K., Meyer, J. W. 2008; 23 (1): 115-141

  View details for DOI 10.1177/0268580907084388

  View details for Web of Science ID 000253168000005

• University expansion and the knowledge society THEORY AND SOCIETY Frank, D. J., Meyer, J. W. 2007; 36 (4): 287-311

  View details for DOI 10.1007/s11186-007-9035-z

  View details for Web of Science ID 000248173100001

• World Models, National Curricula, and the Centrality of the Individual SCHOOL KNOWLEDGE IN COMPARATIVE AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Meyer, J. W., Benavot, A., Braslavsky, C. 2007; 18: 259–71

  View details for Web of Science ID 000270128500018

• The Worldwide Rise of Human Rights Education SCHOOL KNOWLEDGE IN COMPARATIVE AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Ramirez, F. O., Suarez, D., Meyer, J. W., Benavot, A., Braslavsky, C. 2007; 18: 35–52

  View details for Web of Science ID 000270128500005

• Student achievement and national economic growth AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION Ramirez, F. O., Luo, X., Schofer, E., Meyer, J. W. 2006; 113 (1): 1-29

  View details for Web of Science ID 000241574300001

• Sources of rationalized governance: Cross-national longitudinal analyses 1985-2002 ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE QUARTERLY Drori, G. S., Jang, Y. S., Meyer, J. W. 2006; 51 (2): 205-229

  View details for Web of Science ID 000240411400002

• UNIVERSITY IN EUROPE AND IN THE WORLD: EXPANSION IN THE XX CENTURY REVISTA ESPANOLA DE EDUCACION COMPARADA Meyer, J. W., Schofer, E. 2006: 15–36

  View details for Web of Science ID 000219963200002

• Scientization: Making a world safe for organizing TRANSNATIONAL GOVERNANCE: INSTITUTIONAL DYNAMICS OF REGULATION Drori, G. S., Meyer, J. W., Djelic, M. L., SahlinAndersson, K. 2006: 31–52

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• The Impact of Comparative Education Research on Institutional Theory FOREWORD IMPACT OF COMPARATIVE EDUCATION RESEARCH ON INSTITUTIONAL THEORY Meyer, J. W., Baker, D. P., Wiseman, A. W. 2006; 7: XI-XVI

  View details for Web of Science ID 000270956400001

• Reflections on the 25th anniversary of The Social Construction of Reality JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT INQUIRY Meyer, J. W. 2000; 9 (3): 275-275

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• World society and the nation-state AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY Meyer, J. W., Boli, J., Thomas, G. M., Ramirez, F. O. 1997; 103 (1): 144-181

  View details for Web of Science ID A1997XP58000005

• INSTITUTIONAL CONDITIONS FOR DIFFUSION WORKSHOP ON NEW INSTITUTIONAL THEORY Strang, D., Meyer, J. W. KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL. 1993: 487–511

  View details for Web of Science ID A1993LU04300002

• SOURCES AND EFFECTS OF DECISIONS - COMMENT ACCOUNTING ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETY Meyer, J. W. 1990; 15 (1-2): 61-65

  View details for Web of Science ID A1990CV34400004

• SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONAL ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETY Meyer, J. W. 1986; 11 (4-5): 345-356

  View details for Web of Science ID A1986D847300006

• SOCIAL-STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF LIFE STAGES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Kohli, M., Meyer, J. W. 1986; 29 (3): 145-149

  View details for Web of Science ID A1986C472400003

• INSTITUTIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL RATIONALIZATION IN THE MENTAL-HEALTH SYSTEM AMERICAN BEHAVIORAL SCIENTIST Meyer, J. W. 1985; 28 (5): 587-600

  View details for Web of Science ID A1985AGQ0800002

• THE EXPANSION OF THE STATE ANNUAL REVIEW OF SOCIOLOGY THOMAS, G. M., MEYER, J. W. 1984; 10: 461–82

  View details for Web of Science ID A1984TE26900021

• ON THE CELEBRATION OF RATIONALITY - SOME COMMENTS ACCOUNTING ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETY Meyer, J. W. 1983; 8 (2-3): 235-240

  View details for Web of Science ID A1983RJ03000015

• POLITICS AND MARKETS - WORLDS POLITICAL-ECONOMIC SYSTEMS - LINDBLOM,CE (Book Review) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY Book Review Authored by: MEYER, J. W. 1979; 85 (3): 684–85

  View details for DOI 10.1086/227065

  View details for Web of Science ID A1979HT67500019

• IDEOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD AND STATE - RULES DISTINGUISHING CHILDREN IN NATIONAL CONSTITUTIONS, 1870-1970 AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW BOLIBENNETT, J., MEYER, J. W. 1978; 43 (6): 797–812

  View details for DOI 10.2307/2094622

  View details for Web of Science ID A1978GA02500002

• INSTITUTIONALIZED ORGANIZATIONS - FORMAL-STRUCTURE AS MYTH AND CEREMONY AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY Meyer, J. W., Rowan, B. 1977; 83 (2): 340-363

  View details for Web of Science ID A1977DW68100004

• EFFECTS OF EDUCATION AS AN INSTITUTION AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY Meyer, J. W. 1977; 83 (1): 55-77

  View details for Web of Science ID A1977DP88200003

• CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE IN DEVELOPMENT ANNUAL REVIEW OF SOCIOLOGY Meyer, J. W., BOLIBENNETT, J., CHASEDUNN, C. 1975; 1: 223-246

  View details for Web of Science ID A1975AR74600010

• EFFECT OF A CHILDS SEX ON ADULT INTERPRETATIONS OF ITS BEHAVIOR DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY Meyer, J. W., SOBIESZE, B. I. 1972; 6 (1): 42-48

  View details for Web of Science ID A1972L890600007

• STUDIES OF TEAM TEACHING IN OPEN-SPACE SCHOOL INTERCHANGE BRUNETTI, F. A., Cohen, E. G., Meyer, J. W., MOLNAR, S. R. 1972; 3 (2-3): 85-101

  View details for Web of Science ID A1972O530200004

• ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL EFFECTS ON NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ENROLLMENT PATTERNS COMPARATIVE EDUCATION REVIEW Meyer, J. W. 1971; 15 (1): 28-43

  View details for Web of Science ID A1971I418500003

• REINTERPRETATION OF AMERICAN STATUS POLITICS PACIFIC SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW Meyer, J. W., ROTH, J. G. 1970; 13 (2): 95-102

  View details for Web of Science ID A1970G076500003

• TEACHING VERSUS RESEARCH - SOURCES OF MISPERCEPTIONS JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION Hammond, P. E., Meyer, J. W., Miller, D. 1969; 40 (9): 682-690

  View details for Web of Science ID A1969Y513500002