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 fundamental
question addressed in this book is whether institutionalism is
useful for the various sub-disciplines within political science to
which it has been applied, and to what extent the assumptions
inherent to institutional analysis can be useful for understanding
the range of behaviour of individuals and structures in the public
sector. The volume will also examine the relative utility of
different forms of institutionalism within the various
sub-disciplines. 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.
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