John Wilfred Meyer (born 1935) is a sociologist and emeritus professor at Stanford University.Stanford University (2016) 'John Meyer | Department of Sociology'. https://sociology.stanford.edu/people/john-meyer Beginning in the 1970s and continuing to the present day, Meyer has contributed fundamental ideas to the field of sociology, especially in the areas of education, organizations, and global and transnational sociology. He is best known for the development of the neo-institutional perspective on globalization, known as world society or World Polity Theory.Stanford University (2009) FSI | CDDRL - CDDRL faculty team receives grant to study globalization, citizenship, and education. In 2015, he became the recipient of American Sociological Association's highest honor - W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award.
