I'm struggling to understand what on earth you are taking about. Let's go a bit at a time.
[1] "the adoption of institutions by other cultures"
Cultures that adopt role-model institutions . . . for some reason
("ïn doing so" is confusing.)
. . . establishes an indication of . . . their erm . . . relative progressiveness. :-?
in doing so establishes an indicator of their relative progressiveness or the adoption of institutions in doing so by other cultures establishes an indicator of their relative progressiveness
[2] Right then. You're saying that Institutions in some cultures try to look good by copying established institutions in other places.?
(Ever thought of applying for a job at The Pentagon?)
[3] Better: Ïn some cultures there are institutions which try to appear competent by emulating the already-established progressive format of institutions in other countries.
Why not just say this - if it is what you're trying to say! It's still hard to work it out!
R
Is that it?
[4] But it makes me wonder why you say "cultures" and not countries" . . . what distinction do you intend to make? This is hard work.
Thank you for your efforts to make my work better, but not this was my interest, which should be evident from my writing cited by you, when I opened the thread.
Anyhow, 1
the adoption of institutions from another culture is normal characteristic of a cultural process known also as cultural diffusion. As for a reason of the adoption indeed, it is among the central topics of my research but not of the thread.
2 I have nor said nor even thought of like idea. How you can discuss the context of work through an incomplete sentence of it (the more complete version you could find on this page}? You also happened not to be prophetic regarding my interest in the Pentagon.
3 You are about what cultures want to "export," while I am chiefly about what is the necessary reason to import them by other cultures.
4 the principal reason is that using the word
country introduces geographical--space-- connotations, extraneous for my research of culture.
Are the replies considerable, as well as my English understandable, enough now:?: