In this article, I revisit the debate surrounding the deinstitutionalization of marriage. I identify the divergent methodologies used to evaluate deinstitutionalization and argue that institutional power requires greater definition. I develop the concept of institutional power by applying a Lukesian lens to new institutionalist theories of institutional activities. I define deinstitutionalization as the loss of connection between institutions and their sources of institutional power which constitutes their institutionality. Further, I argue that the indicators used to assess deinstitutionalization must recognize (a) the formal and informal aspects of marriage's institutionality and (b) the regulatory, normative, and cultural‐cognitive bases of marriage's institutional power. I argue that discursive processes drive developments in the discursive field of intimacy yet the emphasis on individualization in existing scholarship struggles to adequately explain developments such as same‐sex marriage. I propose that the personal life thesis offers a more cogent explanation of these changes.

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制度权力与婚姻的非制度化


在这篇文章中，我重新审视围绕婚姻非制度化的争论。我指出了用于评估去制度化的不同方法，并认为制度权力需要更广泛的定义。我通过将路加的视角应用于制度活动的新制度主义理论来发展制度权力的概念。我将去制度化定义为制度与构成其制度性的制度权力来源之间失去联系。此外，我认为用于评估去制度化的指标必须认识到（a）婚姻制度性的正式和非正式方面以及（b）婚姻制度权力的监管、规范和文化认知基础。我认为，话语过程推动了亲密话语领域的发展，但现有学术中对个体化的强调却难以充分解释同性婚姻等发展。我建议个人生活论文对这些变化提供更有说服力的解释。