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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Publicado en:World Politics Vol. 60; no. 2; pp. 281 - 315
Autor principal: Weyland, Kurt
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Cambridge University Press January 2008
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