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This chapter places World Society theory within the larger picture of neo-institutionalism. It discusses its main assumptions, the rise and use of this theory, and its relation to other neo-institutional approaches in economics and political science.
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Parts of this chapter were published in Hadler (2015).
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Hadler, M. (2017). World Society and Neo-institutionalism. In: The Influence of Global Ideas on Environmentalism and Human Rights. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57440-4_2
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