The four faces of institutionalism: Public policy and a pluralistic perspective

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Reich, S
• 署名单位: Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); University of Pittsburgh; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); University of Pittsburgh
• 刊物名称: GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0952-1895
• DOI: 10.1111/0952-1895.00143
• 发表日期: 2000
• 关键词: economics

摘要

Contending conceptions of the new institutionalism claim to offer approaches that can develop generable social scientific theories of behaviour. 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, if 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 issue in the policy domains of redistribution, regulation, modernization, and liberalization, respectively.