Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 236 pages) : illustrations |
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Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
1. A theory of gradual institutional change / James Mahoney and Kathleen Thelen -- 2. Infiltrating the state: the evolution of health care reforms in Brazil, 1964-1988 / Tulia G. Falleti -- 3. Contradictory potential of institutions: the rise and decline of land documentation in Kenya / Ato Kwamena Onoma -- 4. Policymaking as political constraint: institutional development in the U.S. Social Security Program / Alan M. Jacobs -- 5. Altering authoritarianism: institutional complexity and autocratic agency in Indonesia / Dan Slater -- 6. Rethinking rules: creativity and constraint in the U.S. House of Representatives / Adam Sheingate -- 7. Historical institutionalism in rationalist and sociological perspective / Peter A. Hall. |
Summary |
This title contributes to emerging debates in political science and sociology on institutional change. The introductory essay proposes a new framework for analyzing incremental change, and subsequent chapters provide empirical case studies from the United States, Africa, Latin America, and Asia. |
Access |
Access restricted to York University faculty, staff and students. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Organizational change.
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Organizational change. |
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Institutional economics.
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Institutional economics. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic book.
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Added Author |
Mahoney, James, 1968-
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Thelen, Kathleen Ann.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Explaining institutional change. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521118835 (DLC) 2009009398 (OCoLC)316513189 |
ISBN |
9780511658440 (electronic book) |
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0511658443 (electronic book) |
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9780511657139 (ebook) |
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0511657137 (ebook) |
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9780511806414 (electronic book) |
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0511806418 (electronic book) |
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9780511656583 (eBook (ebrary) |
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0511656580 (eBook (ebrary) |
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9780521118835 (hardback) |
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0521118832 (hardback) |
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9780521134323 (paperback) |
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0521134323 (paperback) |
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