Featuring discussions of comparative politics, public policy, and international relations, this collection from editor André Lecours is a comprehensive examination of the subject, making it a crucial addition to any political scientist?s library.
This edition also contains two new chapters. One assesses the role of informal institutions and their linkages with formal structures of governing.
This volume offers, for the first time, both often-cited foundation works and the latest writings of scholars associated with the "institutional" approach to organization analysis.
Homework and the assumption of extensive parental involve- ment in academics are now common features of the formal educational insti- tution; shadow education takes this same process a step further. What is interesting here is that ...
This volume integrates two increasingly visible streams of research_economic sociology and new institutional economics_to better understand how ties among individuals and groups facilitate economic activity alongside and against the ...
The explosion of new institutional forms (linked, for instance, to globalization and the information revolution) has simply increased the need for sophisticated concepts and imaginative methods to inform research.
... 56 , 62 J. M. Clark's notion , 60-1 of life ( Veblen ) , 94 Mitchell's interpretation , 59 in new institutional ... 38–9 , 126 to material conditions and constraints , 10 Hargraves Heap , Shaun , 65 , 75 Harrison , Robert S.
The Madisonian approach to institutional design, as set forth in The Federalist Papers, is examined from the point of view of leading theorists of the ""public choice"" school who see themselves as the political heirs of that earlier legacy ...
This is an exploration of how political institutions matter for political, economic and social outcomes. It estimates their impact in relation to other major factors such as culture and social structure.
This unique work will be of value to anyone studying institutionalism, as well as political institutions, and public administration.
In this exciting volume, a diverse and accomplished group of scholars work to integrate theories of institutions with strategic management.