The Four Faces of Institutionalism

Public Policy and a Pluralistic Perspective

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6264477
AutoresSimon Reich (0000-0003-3156-0134, University of Pittsburgh, autor de correspondencia)
Año2000
Volumen13
Número4
Páginas501-522
Fecha de publicación2000-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGovernance (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0952-1895 • E-ISSN: 1468-0491
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/0952-1895.00143
OpenAlexW2138328558
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas24
Referencias citadas35

Contending conceptions of the “new” institutionalism claim to offer approaches that can develop generalizable social scientific theories of behavior. This article challenges that proposition, arguing that contingencies exist in which specific forms of institutionalism are best suited to addressing particular types of questions. Viewed through the prism of public policy, it develops the argument that ‘policy dictates politics.’ It suggests that four variants of institutionalism (historical, new economic, normative, and billiard ball) are each systematically most appropriate to examine the issues in the policy domains of redistribution, regulation, modernization, and liberalization, respectively

Argument (complex analysis · Economics · Epistemology · Historical institutionalism · Institutionalism · Modernization theory · New institutionalism · Normative · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Proposition · Public policy · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Economic Theory and Institutions · Law · Political Philosophy and Ethics