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Book SynopsisTells about institutional change, how to recognize it, when it occurs, and the mechanisms that cause it to happen. This book confronts several important problems in institutional analysis, and offers conceptual, methodological, and theoretical tools for resolving them.
Trade Review"Professor Campbell has ably synthesized a vast amount of literature on institutions. He has highlighted common strands of thought across the literature and identified the important mechanisms by which institutions change. His synthesis is clear, well-written and well-argued." - Neil Fligstein, University of California, Berkeley; "This is an impressive book: comprehensive, well-written, judicious but with a clear point of view. It joins a masterful survey of institutional arguments to a sustained dialogue with advocates of the 'globalization hypothesis'.... Through an effective conversation of theory and evidence, Institutional Change and Globalization advances both the theoretical project of institutionalism and our understanding of the ongoing transformations - or not - of the modern world." - Elisabeth S. Clemens, University of Chicago"
Table of ContentsList of Figures ix List of Tables xi Preface xiii CHAPTER ONE Problems of Institutional Analysis 1 CHAPTER TWO The Problem of Change 31 CHAPTER THREE The Problem of Mechanisms 62 CHAPTER FOUR The Problem of Ideas 90 CHAPTER FIVE The Problem of Globalization 124 CHAPTER SIX Where Do W Go from Here? 172 APPENDIX Analysis of Tax Levels and Structures for Country Subgroups 191 References 205 Index 239
