Debating institutionalism
By: edited by Jon Pierre, B. Guy Peters and Gerry Stoker.
Contributors: Pierre, Jon.; Peters, B. Guy.; Stoker, Gerry.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Manchester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780719076787
Subjects: Political science -- Philosophy; Public institutions
Description: "Institutionalism has become one of the dominant strands of theory within contemporary political science. Beginning with the challenge to behavioural and rational choice theory issued by March and Olsen, institutional analysis has developed into an important alternative to more individualistic approaches to theory and analysis. This body of theory has developed in a number of ways, and perhaps the most commonly applied version in political science is historical institutionalism that stresses the importance of path dependency in shaping institutional behaviour." "The book consists of a set of strong essays by noted international scholars from a range of sub-disciplines within the field of political science, each analysing their area of research from an institutionalist perspective and assessing what contributions this form of theorising has made, and can make, to that research. The result is a balanced and nuanced account of the role of institutions in contemporary political science, and a set of suggestions for the further development of institutional theory."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.