[3] According to John Boli and George M. Thomas, "the world polity is constituted by distinct culture – a set of fundamental principles and models, mainly ontological and cognitive in character, defining the nature and purposes of social actors and action.
[5] It was developed partly in response to the application of world systems theory.
Simultaneously in the 1970s and also in the 1980s, a significant amount of work was done on the international education environment.
[5] According to Andreas Wimmer, the theory is "perhaps the most prominent and well-developed research program in sociology.
"[6] Through a series of empirical studies, Meyer and others observed that new states organize themselves in a significantly similar manner despite their differing needs and background to give strength to their explanation that there is a set norm of forming a new state under the bigger umbrella of world polity.