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Change and continuity: An institutional approach to institutions of democratic government

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  • Johan P. Olsen

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While it is commonplace to argue that political institutions are a source of inertia and resistance to change and that the New Institutionalism is unable to explain change, this paper takes the opposite view. First, the problem of change is reformulated and it is observed that institutions have a role in generating both order and change and in balancing the two. Second, the concepts of institution and institutionalization are elaborated. Third, institutional sources of change and continuity are explored. Fourth, some implications for how democratic change and order can be conceived are spelled out, and, finally, some future challenges are suggested. This article has later been published in European Political Science Review (2009), 1 : 3-32

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  • Johan P. Olsen, 2008. "Change and continuity: An institutional approach to institutions of democratic government," ARENA Working Papers 15, ARENA.
    • Handle: RePEc:erp:arenax:p0265
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