Max Weber and Institutional Theory

Preface.- 1 Introduction to Lepsius' Concept of Institutional Theory.- 2 Interests and Ideas. Max Weber's Allocation Problem.- 3 The Institutionalization and Deinstitutionalization of Rationality Criteria.- 4 Institutional Analysis and Institutional Policy.- 5 The Institutionalization of Rationality Criteria and the Role of Intellectuals.- 6 Modernization Policy and Institution Building: Criteria of Institutional Differentiation.- 7 Trust in Institutions.- 8 Max Weber's Concept of Charismatic Authority and Its Applicability to Adolf Hitler's "Führerstaat".- 9 From Fragmented Party Democracy to Government by Emergency Decree and National Socialist Takeover: Germany.- 10 Extreme Nationalism. Structural Conditions of National Socialist Seizure of Power.- 11 The "Ethics" of Institutions.- 12 The Legacy of Two Dictatorships for the Political Culture of United Germany.- 13 The Formation of German Political Culture by Institutional Orders.