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Politics Rules: The False Primacy of Institutions in Developing Countries
Do institutions possess explanatory and prescriptive powers imputed to them by institutionalism? If they do, why do outcomes in developing countries (DGC) defy those powers? I argue that, although institutions play a role, they are neither the explanation for outcomes nor the prescription for devel...
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POLITICAL STUDIES: 2007 VOL 55, 201-224
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| Acceso en liña: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/001621.pdf |
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| 245 | |a Politics Rules: The False Primacy of Institutions in Developing Countries | ||
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| 260 | |b POLITICAL STUDIES: 2007 VOL 55, 201-224 | ||
| 520 | |a Do institutions possess explanatory and prescriptive powers imputed to them by institutionalism? If they do, why do outcomes in developing countries (DGC) defy those powers? I argue that, although institutions play a role, they are neither the explanation for outcomes nor the prescription for development problems. The primacy of institutions is defied in DGC because `new institutionalism' shares the premises of modernization theory-inspired `old institutionalism'. Both fail to subordinate institutions to society-rooted politics, the pre-eminent explanatory variable. I support this argument by: (1) demonstrating the pre-eminence of politics vis-�-vis institutions; and (2) relating various policy failures in DGC to the failure of the unbroken thread between old and new institutionalisms to recognize this preeminence. Because politics explains both institutional and socio-political outcomes, I propose that the crucial difference between politics inWestern democracies and developing countries - and not institutions be the focus of inquiry to account for outcomes and to prescribe solutions for DGC. | ||
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