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Institutional theory in political science: the new institutionalism

By B. Guy Peters

Book information

Publisher
Pinter
Year
1999
ISBN
1855674254, 9781855674257
LCC
JA71 .P477 1999
Google Books ID
RmLuAAAAMAAJ
Open Library ID
OL362829M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10874119 bytes)
Pages
183\190
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

This text identifies the various approaches to institutions and then provides a common frame of reference for the different theories. It argues that there are at least seven versions of institutionalism, beginning with the March and Olsen "normative institutionalism", and including rational choice, historical and empirical approaches to institutions and their impact on public policy. For each of the versions there is a set of identical questions including: the definition of institutions; the way in which they are formed; how they change; how individuals and institutions interact; and the nature of a "good institution". The author discusses whether there are really so many different approaches to institutionalism, or if there is sufficient agreement among them that there there is really one institutional theory.

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