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Coercive Institutions

Coercive Institutions is a theoretical construct in political science and sociology that denotes formal organizations empowered by the state to enforce compliance with laws and regulations through the legitimate use of physical force or the threat thereof, distinguishing it from non-coercive institutions that rely on voluntary adherence or normative influence.

383

Publications

23.9K

Citations

508

Authors

312

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

102

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Publications

383

Weaponized Interdependence: How Global Economic Networks Shape State Coercion

Henry Farrell, Abraham L. Newman · International Security · 2019 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Coercion, capital, and European states, 990–1990

Peter Baldwin · History of European Ideas · 1992 · 884 citations

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Lords of the Dance: Professionals as Institutional Agents

W. Richard Scott · Organization Studies · 2008 · 797 citations · Full text

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Coercion, capital, and European states AD 990–1990

World Development · 1991 · 795 citations

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Transnational regulation of professional services: Governance dynamics of field level organizational change

Roy Suddaby, David J. Cooper, Royston Greenwood · Accounting Organizations and Society · 2006 · 534 citations

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Authors

508

  1. GK
    Gillian K. Hadfield

    University of Toronto, Canada

    4 publications · 142 citations

    4

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  2. IO
    Ian O’Donnell

    University College Dublin, Ireland

    3 publications · 115 citations

    3

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  3. PG
    Philipp Genschel

    European University Institute, Italy

    3 publications · 396 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. DA
    Daron Acemoğlu

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    2 publications · 200 citations

    2

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  5. RG
    Royston Greenwood

    University of Alberta, Canada

    2 publications · 547 citations

    2

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Institutions

312

  1. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    1.2K citations

  2. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    204 citations

  3. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    1K citations

  4. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    340 citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    761 citations

  6. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    202 citations

  7. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    152 citations

  8. European University Institute

    Florence, Italy

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    146 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 11 publications · 416 citations

    11

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 11 publications · 1.5K citations

    11

    h-index

  3. Democratization

    6 publications · 107 citations

    6

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  4. Journal of democracy

    5 publications · 683 citations

    5

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  5. Comparative Political Studies

    CPS · 5 publications · 331 citations

    5

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