Past, Present and Future of the Neoinstitutional Approach in Political Science

Abstract

The article describes the stages of formation and evolution of the neo-institutional approach. A brief description is given of the main directions that arose within the framework of the non-institutional theoretical direction. Based on the comparative characteristics of neoinstitutional approaches, trends in modern neo-institutionalism are deduced. The author concludes that the formation of neo-institutionalism has not been completed, and describes promising directions for its further development.

Keywords

• neo-institutionalism
• sociological institutionalism
• institutionalism of rational choice
• historical institutionalism
• dependence on previous development
• constructivist institutionalism
• discursive institutionalism