institutionaalisten

Institutionaalisten is the genitive plural form of the Finnish adjective institutionaalinen, meaning institutional. It is not a standalone noun but a grammatical form used to describe a noun in a genitive or other possessive construction. In Finnish, adjectives decline to reflect the noun’s case and number, so institutionaalisten accompanies a following noun in genitive plural, for example in phrases like institutionaalisten toimijoiden roolit or institutionaalisten normien vaikutus.

Usage and context: institutionaalisten appears frequently in social sciences, politics, and public administration texts when discussing relations to institutions. It denotes attributes, norms, or actors tied to formal organizations, government bodies, or established procedures. Typical constructions include controlling for “institutionaalisten toimijoiden” (the actors within institutions) or examining the influence of “institutionaalisten normien” (institutional norms) on decision-making and behavior. The form helps distinguish the attribute from other types of actors or norms that may be described as non-institutional or informal.

Morphology and related forms: as the genitive plural of institutionaalinen, institutionaalisten is used with nouns in genitive plural. Related forms include institutionaalinen (singular in nominative), institutionaaliset (nominative plural), and other cases such as institutionaalisen (partitive singular). These forms allow precise grammatical alignment with the noun they modify.

See also: institutionalism, Finnish grammar, adjective declension, genitive case in Finnish, political sociology.