Why Institutions Matter

Informationen zum Autor Vivien Lowndes is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Nottingham, UK. Mark Roberts is a Research Fellow at De Montfort University in Leicester, UK. Klappentext This important new text provides a broad-ranging introduction to the 'new' institutional theories which have become increasingly influential in recent years and gives an assessment of their application and utility in political analysis. Zusammenfassung This important new text provides a broad-ranging introduction to the 'new' institutional theories which have become increasingly influential in recent years and gives an assessment of their application and utility in political analysis. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Why Study Institutions? 2. Three Phases of Institutionalism 3. Rules, Practices and Narratives 4. Power and Agency 5. Institutional Change 6. Institutional Diversity 7. Institutional Design 8. Conclusion.

About the author

Vivien Lowndes is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Nottingham, UK.Mark Roberts is a Research Fellow at De Montfort University in Leicester, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Vivien Lowndes, Lowndes Vivien, Mark Roberts, Roberts Mark
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.05.2013
• EAN: 9780333929544
• ISBN: 978-0-333-92954-4
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 220 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Political Analysis
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Institutions and learned societies: general, Institutions & learned societies: general, Design; Institution; political science