Toward a New Theory of Institutional Change.

Moving beyond historical and rational choice institutionalism, the writer presents the core of a new theory that can explain the discontinuous, disproportionate, and often wavelike nature of institutional change. He asserts that cognitive-psychological findings on shifts in actors' tendency for ass...

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Published in:	World Politics Vol. 60; no. 2; pp. 281 - 315
Main Author:	Weyland, Kurt
Format:	Article
Published:	Cambridge University Press January 2008
Subjects:	Political change Political science research Decision making in political science Political psychology
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost