The Feminist Potential of Sociological Institutionalism

Feminist Sociological Theory

Historical Institutionalism in Rationalist and Sociological Perspective

Some of the most fruitful insights generated by social science in recent decades flow from explorations of how institutions, under­ stood as sets of regularized practices with a rule-like quality, struc­ ture the behavior of political and economic actors. I It is not surpris­ ing that attention has now turned to the second-order problem of explaining when and how institutions change. 2 In conce...

wuthering heights and the concept of marality/a sociological study of the novel

to discuss my point, i have collected quite a number of articles, anthologies, and books about "wuthering heights" applying various ideas and theories to this fantastic story. hence, i have come to believe that gadamer and jauss are rightful when they claim that "the individaul human mind is the center and origin of all meaning," 3 that reading literature is a reader-oriented activity, that it ...

Reflections on the Impact of the New Economic, Sociological and Historical Institutionalism in Institutional Social Policy

This paper intends to make a reflection and analysis of the impact of theoretical and methodological frameworks of reference on different neo-institutional approaches in social policy. The paper questions the functionality and continuity of the institutions that are responsible for the functions of designing and implementing programs of social policy, given the profound changes on the environme...

New Institutionalism Politics: Integration of Old Institutionalism and Other Methodologies

In the process of transition from old institutionalism to new institutionalism, theoretical foundation of old institutionalism was gradually enlarged and more research approaches were integrated. Firstly, rational aspects of behavioristic politics as borrowed. Then, its epistemology, its research target and research level are expanded. Finally, relevant theories of economics, sociology and hist...