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Institutional Perspectives on Political Institutions
Author(s) -
MARCH JAMES G.,
OLSEN JOHAN P.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
governance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.46
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1468-0491
pISSN - 0952-1895
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0491.1996.tb00242.x
Subject(s) - politics , interpretation (philosophy) , mediation , political science , political economy , sociology , positive economics , economic system , public administration , social science , economics , law , computer science , programming language
This article examines some basic assumptions about the nature of political institutions, the ways in which practices and rules that comprise institutions are established, sustained, and transformed, and the ways in which those practices and rules are converted into political behavior through the mediation of interpretation and capability. We discuss an institutional approach to political life that emphasizes the endogenous nature and social construction of political institutions, identities, accounts, and capabilities.