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2. Agency in New Institutionalism

verfasst von : Jan Olsson

Erschienen in: Subversion in Institutional Change and Stability

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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Abstract

This chapter deals with agency in new institutionalism, often argued to be sparsely theorized. A critical assessment is made of the micro-level theorizing of the dominant versions of new institutionalism. After that we present and assess the argument of Vivienne Lowndes and Mark Roberts (2013: Why institutions matter: The new institutionalism in political science. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan) that new institutionalism is entering a third phase of consolidation. Partly based on this argument, a theoretical positioning is made on how to perceive agency in a more political sense with a focus on various micro-mechanisms of action. Thus, it is an argument of consolidation and of upgrading political discourse and action in contrast to the dominance of new institutionalism theorizing inspired by economics and sociology.

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Titel: Agency in New Institutionalism
verfasst von: Jan Olsson
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Buch: Subversion in Institutional Change and Stability
Print ISBN: 978-1-349-94921-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-349-94922-9

Copyright-Jahr: 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-94922-9_2