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| - | The Term institutions has in recent years become widespread in social sciences. It reflects the growth in many disciplines like institutional geography, institutional economy and institutional politics (Hodgson, 2006). | + | The Term institutions has in recent years become widespread in social sciences. It reflects the growth in many disciplines like institutional geography, institutional economy and institutional politics. Even today, there is no unanimity in the definition of this concept(Hodgson, 2006). But trying to give a clear definition, we could use Hodgsons' (2006) definition, which says that 'institutions are systems of established and embedded social rules that structure social interactions'. Rules in this context are understood as socially transmitted and customary normative injunctions or immanently normative dispositions, that in circumstances X do Y (Hodgson, 2006). |
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Revision as of 12:47, 1 October 2012
The Term institutions has in recent years become widespread in social sciences. It reflects the growth in many disciplines like institutional geography, institutional economy and institutional politics. Even today, there is no unanimity in the definition of this concept(Hodgson, 2006). But trying to give a clear definition, we could use Hodgsons' (2006) definition, which says that 'institutions are systems of established and embedded social rules that structure social interactions'. Rules in this context are understood as socially transmitted and customary normative injunctions or immanently normative dispositions, that in circumstances X do Y (Hodgson, 2006).
People often use the term institution for organizations.
