Overview
While the literature on “new institutionalism” explains the stability of institutional arrangements within countries and the divergence of paths of institutional development between countries, Federico Ferrara improves upon existing explanations of the development of political institutions, taking a “historical institutionalist” approach to theorize dynamic processes of institutional reproduction, institutional decay, and institutional change. With regard to each of these outcomes, Ferrara synthesizes “power-based” or “power-distributional” explanations and “ideas-based” “legitimation explanations.” Among his more significant contributions, he specifies the psychological “microfoundations” of processes of institutional development, drawing heavily from the findings of experimental psychology to ensure that the explanation is grounded in clear and realistic assumptions regarding human motivation, cognition, and behavior. Aside from being of interest to scholars and graduate students in political science and other social-scientific disciplines whose research concentrates on the genesis of political institutions, their evolution over time, and/or their impact on the stability of political order and the quality of governance, the book may feature as required reading in graduate courses and seminars in comparative politics where the study of institutions and their development ranks among the subfield’s most important subjects.
Full Product Details
Author: Federico Ferrara
Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
Imprint: The University of Michigan Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.10cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 23.00cm
Weight: 0.333kg
ISBN: 9780472132836
ISBN 10: 0472132830
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 30 January 2022
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""A major contribution to institutional analysis in the social sciences. Federico Ferrara does a masterful job of synthesizing different approaches and developing an exciting new framework that is comprehensive in scope. If I were to assign one book on institutional explanation to my students, it would be this one."" --James Mahoney, Northwestern University-- ""James Mahoney"""
A major contribution to institutional analysis in the social sciences. Federico Ferrara does a masterful job of synthesizing different approaches and developing an exciting new framework that is comprehensive in scope. If I were to assign one book on institutional explanation to my students, it would be this one. --James Mahoney, Northwestern University-- James Mahoney
Author Information
Federico Ferrara is Associate Professor in the Department of Asian & International Studies at City University of Hong Kong.
