Institutional Change - 9781563240805

Taylor & Francis

Presents 15 papers from the Third Annual Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics in Stockholm, 1991. Part 1 outlines a basic theory of institutional change; Parts 2 and 3 examine case studies in international experience with institutional change. > This book brings together some 15 papers drawn from the 330 papers presented at the Third Annual Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics in Stockholm, Sweden in June 1991. Part 1 outlines a basic theory of institutional change; Parts 2 and 3 examine case studies in international experience with institutional change. The authors of the original papers include Douglas North, Amitai Etzioni, Oliver Williamson, as well as eminent scholars from Eastern and Western Europe, representing views and analyses from ten different countries. > Introduction 1. On Institutional Thought in the Social and Economic Sciences Part 1: Institutional Change: Basic Theory 2. Institutional Change: A Framework .