The essays in this book contribute to emerging debates in political science and sociology on institutional change, providing a theoretical framework and empiric

This book contributes to emerging debates in political science and sociology on institutional change. Its introductory essay proposes a new framework for analyz

An analytical framework for explaining the ways in which institutions and institutional change affect the performance of economies is developed in this analysis

The institutional arrangements governing skill formation are widely seen as a key element in the institutional constellations defining 'varieties of capitalism'

This book applies the analytical approach called Historical Institutionalism (HI)- so far mostly used within comparative politics-to the field of International