Understanding Institutions

Susan G. Clark, Evan J. Andrews and Ana E. Lambert
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Susan G. Clark: Yale University
Evan J. Andrews: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Ana E. Lambert: Education and Development (SEED) University of Manchester

Chapter Chapter 13 in Policy Sciences and the Human Dignity Gap, 2024, pp 167-182 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Given the real world, an institutional focus gives us a better understanding of how we might best address human dignity (justice) and a sustainable environment. Institutions, really “value-institutions,” are stable patterns of rules, knowledge, and norms for the shaping and sharing of values that we live by within our society. Such institutions arise not by happenstance but are a direct product of the collective perspectives (identities, expectations, demands) and values of people. In our quest to create and live in a better world, given our overriding goals, you now need to look at your own individual relationships and roles as they exist or permit through the value institutions of your culture. You can use the same categories of analysis you used to look at individuals, social interaction, and decision-making earlier to look at value-institutions. How can we learn to see and change value-institutions for justice and sustainability? This chapter can help you do just that.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-52501-8_13

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