Virtually all comparativists, indeed virtually all social scientists, regardless of theoretical or methodological persuasion, agree that “institutions matter.” But how and why do they matter? And how should they be studied? Behind the deceptive consensus, there is considerable conflict among structuralists, rationalists, and culturalists in Comparative Politics regarding the theoretical and emp...

The new institutionalism concentrates on the nature and effects of rules, and intergovernmental relations on the levels of government. This article integrates these foci to present a model of nested institutions and levels of government, focusing on constitutional and substantive rules of governance in states and municipalities. The authors contend that cities’ constitutional rules (specificall...

The 1990s saw the development of research on violence against women perpetrated by intercollegiate student-athletes. Research in this field stagnated during the last 15 years, despite the fact that this time period has evidenced multiple high-profile, even fatal, cases of violence against women at the hands of male student-athletes. These events prompted the Office of Civil Rights to call upon ...

New institutionalism has emerged as one of the most prominent research agendas in the field of comparative politics, political economy, and public policy. This article examines the role of institutional variation in political/economic regimes in shaping tax burdens in industrialized democracies. An institutionalist model for tax policy variation is tested across the Organization for Economic Co...

We examine the diffusion of one particular kind of firm strategy, diversification, among a population of Chinese listed firms during the period of 1991 to 2002. The results are consistent with the idea that the decision is driven by both efficiency and legitimacy concerns. By linking diversification to social network and institutionalism theory, this study sheds new light on how dissemination a...

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Nowadays, planning is no longer considered merely a scientific and technical career nor agovernment responsibity. It rather functions as a bridge connecting the planners to institutional changes. In otherwords, the planning theory does not develop in a social, economic and political vacuum, but is formulated byindividuals in social situations with the aim of clarifying the enviroment recommendi...