Towards a Comparative Institutionalism

Rómulo Pinheiro, Department of Political Science and Management, University of Agder, Kristiansand, NorwayLars Geschwind, Department of Learning, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, SwedenFrancisco O. Ramirez, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USAKarsten Vrangbæk, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

• PART I: SETTING THE STAGEForeword - John W. MeyerThe Value in Comparing Organizational Fields and Forms - Rómulo Pinheiro, Lars Geschwind, Francisco O. Ramirez and Karsten VrangbækPART II: FIELD LEVEL DYNAMICSHigher Education and Health Organizational Fields in the Age of “World Class” and “Best Practices” - Francisco O. Ramirez, Haldor Byrkjeflot and Rómulo PinheiroReformed or Deformed? The Unending Renewal of the Public University between Unintended Consequences and Unexpected Challenges - Jürgen DeegComparing the Institutionalisation of Performance Management Schemes for Hospitals in Denmark, Germany and England - Karsten Vrangbæk, John Appleby, Tanja Klenk and Sarah GregoryPART III: INSTITUTIONAL LOGICS IN HEALTH CARE AND HIGHER EDUCATIONStrategic and Enforced Logics Hybridization: An Agency View within French Hospitals and Universities - Corinne Grenier and Johan Bernardini-PerincioloHandling Different Institutional Logics in the Public Sector: Comparing Management in Norwegian Universities and Hospitals - Laila Nordstrand Berg and Rómulo PinheiroDecision-making Power and Institutional Logic in Higher Education Institutions: A Comparative Analysis of European Universities - S. Kubra Canhilal, Benedetto Lepori and Marco SeeberThe Quest for Promoting Integrated Care in the Scandinavian Countries: Recent Reforms, Possibilities and Problems - Dag Olaf Torjesen, Gro Kvåle and Charlotte KilandPART IV: RESISTANCE AND TRANSFORMATIONInstitutional Isomorphism and Quality Management: Comparing Hospitals and Universities - Tanja Klenk and Markus SeyfriedTransforming Professional Bureaucracies in Hospitals and Higher Education Institutions - Teresa Carvalho and Rui SantiagoManagerialism in Complex Systems: Experiences of Strategic Planning in Non-Profit Hospitals - Victor Meyer, Jr., Lucilaine Pascuci and Diórgenes Falcão MamédioViva Solidarity!: Framing Repertoire of Emerging Social Movements Against Institutional Change in Two Turkish Universities - Kutay Güne?tepe and Deniz Tunçalp