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MagnifyJohn Meyer, PhD
Professor of Sociology, Emeritus; Professor of Education; and FSI Senior Fellow, by courtesy; CDDRL Affiliated FacultyDepartment 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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Working Papers
- Higher Education as an Institution
John Meyer, Francisco Ramirez, David John Frank, Evan Schofer
CDDRL Working Papers (2006)
- World-Wide Expansion of Higher Education in the Twentieth Century, The
John Meyer, Evan Schofer
CDDRL Working Papers (2005) - Sources of Rationalized Governance: Cross-National Longitudinal Analyses, 1985-2002
Gili S. Drori, Yong Suk Jang, John Meyer
CDDRL Working Papers (2004)
Journal Articles
Student Achievement and National Economic Growth
Francisco Ramirez, Xiaowei Luo, Evan Schofer, John Meyer
American Journal of Education vol. 113 (2006)
Standardizing and Globalizing the Nation-State
John Meyer
Sophia AGLOS News vol. 5 (2004)- The Nation-State as Babbitt: Global Models and National Conformity
John Meyer
Contexts vol. 3, 3 (2004) 
Contemporary Identity Explosion, The: 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) 
'Actors' of Modern Society, The: 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)
Globalization: Sources and Effects on National States and Societies
John Meyer
International Journal of Comparative Sociology vol. 15, 2 (2000)
World Society and the Nation-state
John Meyer, J Boli, G Thomas, F Ramirez
American Journal of Sociology vol. 103, 1 (1997)
Structural Determinants of Student Political Activity: A Comparative Interpretation
John Meyer, Richard Rubinson
Sociology of Education vol. 45 (1972)
Books & Book Chapters
Scientization: Making a World Safe for Organizing
Gili S. Drori, John Meyer
Cambridge University Press, in "Transnational Governance: Institutional Dynamics of Regulation" (2006)
Globalization and Organization
Gili S. Drori, John Meyer, Hokyu Hwang
Oxford University Press (2006)
Foreword, "Reconstructing the University"
John Meyer
Stanford University Press in "Reconstructing the University" (2006)
Foreword, "The Impact of Comparative Education Research on Institutional Theory"
John Meyer
Elsevier (2006)
Worldwide Expansion and Change in the University
John David Frank, John Meyer
transcript Verlag, in "Towards a Multiversity? Universities between Global Trends and National Traditions" (2006)
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)
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)
The Rationalization and Organization of Nature in the World Culture
David John Frank, Evan Schofer, N. Tuma, John Meyer
Stanford University Press, in "Constructing World Culture" (1999)- Organizational Integration in Lesotho Primary Education: Loose Coupling as Problem and Solution
John Meyer
Gamsberg Macmillan (1999) 
Changing Cultural Content of Nation-States, The: A World Society Perspective
John Meyer
Cornell University Press, in "State/Culture: State Formation after the Cultural Turn" (1999)- Modern Law as a Secularized and Global Model: Implications for the Sociology of Law
Elizabeth Heger Boyle, John Meyer
Soziale Welt vol. 49, 3 (1998) - Traning and Certifying "Unqualified" Teachers in Namibia
John Meyer
Gamsberg Macmillan, in "Inside Reform" (1998) 
Foreword, "Global Warning: Debating International Developments in New Public Financial Management"
John Meyer
Cappelen (1998)
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