Institutional re(turns) and the strategic-relational approach.

Part of a special section on institutions and their relationship with local and regional economies. The writer distinguishes and discusses three different varieties of the institutional turn in the social sciences as a whole: ontological, methodological, and thematic. He argues that there is a br...

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Publicado en:Environment & Planning A Vol. 33; no. 7; pp. 1213 - 1236
Autor principal: Jessop, Bob
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Pion Limited July 2001
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Sumario:Part of a special section on institutions and their relationship with local and regional economies. The writer distinguishes and discusses three different varieties of the institutional turn in the social sciences as a whole: ontological, methodological, and thematic. He argues that there is a broad range of institutional turns that have been carried out for quite different empirical, theoretical, and policy-related reasons. He suggests that the returns from any given institutional turn are certainly not guaranteed to be constructive.