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Institutionalism
An established body of rules, and formal
organizations of government, or collected of
interrelated rules and routine that define
appropriate actions in terms of relation
between roles and situations.
Definition of Institution
Formal Institution – local government,
legislature and the family
Informal Institution – habits, norms, and
traditions
What can we extract from the
definition?
As a tool for social analysis, institutionalism believes that
institutions may constrain or influence individual
behavior.
Institutionalism
1. Subject Matter
2. Method
3. As a Theory
Approaches
1. Subject matter – political institution is central to the
identity of the discipline of political science.
If there is a subject matter that the political scientist can
claim, that would be the formal-legal political
structure.
As An Approach
2. Method – One of the method: Descriptive inductive.
It is descriptive because it employs the techniques of
the historian and explores events and eras in relation to
institutions.
It is inductive because inferences are drawn from
repeated observations.
As An Approach
3. As a theory
Institutionalism does not only make statements
about the causes and consequences of political
institutions. Its espouses the political value of
democracy.
As An Approach
Behaviorist criticized institutionalism for reducing politics
to mere organizational structures.
“This was known as the behavioral revolution”
Criticism
NEW INSTITUTIONALISM
Bagong approach
*Institutions are not
neutral to political
process and the
outcomes of those
processes
Strands of New Institutionalism
Studies how political behavior and identities are shaped
by institutions.
Rational Choice Institutionalism
Sociological Institutionalism
Historical Institutionalism
Strands of New Institutionalism
Rational Choice institutionalism
maintains that individuals tend to
calculate the cost and benefits of their
choices and actions in an attempt to
maximize the utility they receive.
These actions and choices are often
restricted by the institutions in which
these individuals live and operate.
Rational Choice Institutionalism
Individuals and institutions are
not purely motivated by self-
interest, they assert that
institutions such as societal
norms and beliefs are culturally
constructed.
“Habitual behavior of
appropriateness”
the best way to respond tends
to be socially constructed
Sociological Institutionalism
Individuals act according
to both cultural rules
and norms and their
respective self-interest.
Contextualized in history
The Alpha Male
Historical Institutionalism
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