Varieties of new institutionalism: A critical appraisal

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Lowndes, V
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3298
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.1996.tb00865.x
• 发表日期: 1996
• 页码: 181-197
• 关键词: policy

摘要

New institutionalist approaches reflect a common commitment to the significance of institutional arrangements and a common criticism of atomistic accounts of social processes. Beyond these core assumptions, new institutionalism is characterized by a great variety of positions, which are sometimes complementary and sometimes conflicting. The different positions can be captured in six 'vignettes': the mythic institution, the efficient institution, the stable institution, the manipulated institution, the disaggregated institution, and the appropriate institution. The vignettes differ in the significance they accord to: formal and informal institutional rules; change and stability within institutions; and the role of rational action and norm-governed behaviour in creating and sustaining institutions. The comparative critical assessment of the vignettes can provide the basis for a multi-theoretic approach to the study of institutions and institutional change.