Noticeable theoretical innovations are occurring in the new institutionalism. Scholars in the three camps of the new institutionalism - historical institutionalism, rational choice institutionalism, and sociological institutionalism - found deviant ca...
Noticeable theoretical innovations are occurring in the new institutionalism. Scholars in the three camps of the new institutionalism - historical institutionalism, rational choice institutionalism, and sociological institutionalism - found deviant cases inexplicable by their own theoretical lenses and turned attention to the other variants of the new institutionalism as a way if overcoming their theoretical limitations. As a consequence, one can witness a partial convergence of theoretical stances among the three variants of the new institutionalism. This article attempts to provide an assessment of the recent theoretical innovations and convergence of the new institutional theories.