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MagnifyJohn Meyer, PhD
Professor of Sociology and, by courtesy, of Education, emeritus and CDDRL Faculty Member; FSI Senior Fellow, by courtesyDepartment of Sociology
Stanford University
Bldg. 120, room 248
Stanford, CA 94305-2047
Research Interests
the spread of modern institutions around the world, and their impact on national states and societies -- particularly the spread and impact of scientific activity and the standardization of educational models
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Preface, "Stability and Change in American Education"
John Meyer
Eliot Werner (2003)
Science in the Modern World Polity: Institutionalization and Globalization
Francisco Ramirez, Gili S. Drori, John Meyer, Evan Schofer
Stanford University Press (2003)
Globalization and the Expansion and Standardization of Management
John Meyer
Stanford University Press, in "The Expansion of Management Knowledge" (2002)
The Contemporary Identity Explosion: Individualizing Society in the Post-War Period
David John Frank, John Meyer
Sociological Theory vol. 20, 1 (2002)
- Reflections: The Worldwide Commitment to Educational Equality
John Meyer
Sociology of Education vol. 74 (2001) 
The 'Actors' of Modern Society: The Cultural Construction of Social Agency
John Meyer, Ronald L. Jepperson
Sociological Theory vol. 18, 1 (2000)
What Counts as History: A Cross-national and Longitudinal Study of University Curricula
David John Frank, Suk-Ying Wong, John Meyer, Francisco Ramirez
Comparative Education Review vol. 44, 1 (2000)
The Effects of Science on National Economic Development, 1970-1990
Evan Schofer, Francisco Ramirez, John Meyer
American Sociological Review vol. 65, 6 (2000)
Reflections on Education as Transcendence
John Meyer
Stanford University Press, in "Reconstructing the Common Good in Education" (2000)
The World Institutionalization of Education
John Meyer, Francisco Ramirez
Peter Lang, in "Discourse Formation in Comparative Education" (2000)
Foreword, "Organizations, Policy, and the Natural Environment"
John Meyer
Stanford University Press (2000)
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