Rethinking political institutions : the art of the state / edited by Ian Shapiro, Stephen Skowronek, and Daniel Galvin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shapiro, Ian

Skowronek, Stephen.

Galvin, Daniel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

State, The.

Public administration.

Constitutional law.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

vi, 346 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2006]

Summary:

Institutions shape every dimension of politics. This volume collects original essays on how such institutions are formed, operated, and changed, both in theory and in practice. Ranging across formal institutions of government such as legislatures, courts, and bureaucracies and intermediary institutions such as labor unions and party systems, the contributors show how these instruments of control give shape to the state, articulate its relationships, and express its legitimacy. Rethinking Political Institutions captures the state of the art in the study of the art of the state. Drawing on some of the leading scholars in the field, this volume includes essays on issues of social power, public policy and programs, judicial review, and cross-national institutions. Rethinking Political Institutions is an essential addition to the debate on the significance of political institutions, in light of democracy, social change and power.

Contents:

Political institutions and social power: conceptual explorations / Claus Offe

Power and political institutions / Terry M. Moe

Practical institutionalism / John Freejohn

Which comes first, the ideas or the institutions? / Rogers M. Smith

Public policies as institutions / Paul Pierson

Institutions and social change: the evolution of vocational training in Germany / Kathleen Thelen

When does politics create policy? The organizational politics of change / Margaret Weir

Lineages of the Rube Goldberg state: building and blurring public programs, 1900-1940 / Elisabeth S. Clemens

Government institutions, policy cartels, and policy-change / R. Kent Weaver

Institutions for implementing constitutional law / Mark Tushnet

Beyond rational self-interest: authors and actors in French constitution-making / John Elster

Preserving the "dignity and influence of the court": political supports for judicial review in the United States / Keith E. Whittington

The significance of cognitive and moral learning for democratic institutions / Ulrich K. Preuss.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

081474026X

OCLC:

62533882

Publisher Number:

9780814740262