The Pragmatic State: Institutionalist Perspectives on the State

William Waller

Chapter 2 in Alternative Theories of the State, 2006, pp 13-33 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In original institutional economics the study of the economy is culturally and historically specific. For institutionalists, economics is about the actual practices and processes of people in their everyday activities that provide the material support for the members of a community. Concepts, generalizations, analyses, and theories are developed from case studies of actual behavior in specific contexts. Individual human behavior is explained within the framework of cultural processes. Ideas and theories are developed and modified as they arise in the culture and are incorporated in the analyses of solving daily problems.

Keywords: Public Interest; Alternative Theory; Institutional Economic; Vested Interest; Neoclassical Economic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230372795_2

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