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Explaining Institutional Change: Ambiguity, Agency, and Power

By Kathleen Thelen , James Mahoney

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
0521118832, 9780521118835, 0521134323, 9780521134323
LCC
JF1525.O73 E97 2009
Open Library ID
OL23186210M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1208585 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
252\254
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-28 18:43:47

Description

This book contributes to emerging debates in political science and sociology on institutional change. Its introductory essay proposes a new framework for analyzing incremental change that is grounded in a power-distributional view of institutions and that emphasizes ongoing struggles within but also over prevailing institutional arrangements. Five empirical essays then bring the general theory to life by evaluating its causal propositions in the context of sustained analyses of specific instances of incremental change. These essays range widely across substantive topics and across times and places, including cases from the United States, Africa, Latin America, and Asia. The book closes with a chapter reflecting on the possibilities for productive exchange in the analysis of change among scholars associated with different theoretical approaches to institutions.

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