Public Institutions
Master Public Administration
Lectures + Literature
Contents
Week 1 What are institutions and why do they matter? ........................................................................ 2
Article: Graham (2002), Strengthening Institutional Capacity in Poor countries (case article) .......... 3
Article: Pierson, P. (2000) The limits of design: Explaining institutional origins and change. ............. 4
Article: March, J.G. & Olsen, J.G. (1984) “The New Institutionalism: Organizational Factors in
Political Life.” (classical article) ............................................................................................................ 6
Week 2 Institutions and collective action ................................................................................................ 7
Article: Hardin (1968), The tragedy of the commons: Garret Hardin .................................................. 7
Article: Dietz, Ostrom, et al (2003), The struggle to Govern the Commons........................................ 8
Article: Prakash and Gugerty (2010) Trust but verify? Voluntary regulation programs in the
nonprofit sector (case article) .............................................................................................................. 9
Week 3 Historical institutionalism ......................................................................................................... 11
Article: Mahoney, J. and Schensul, D (2006), Historical Context and Path Dependence .................. 12
Article: Capoccia and Kelemen (2007), The study of critical junctures ............................................. 13
Article: Haverland (2001), Explaining Dutch and German Pension Trajectories (case article) .......... 13
Week 4 Rational choice institutionalism ................................................................................................ 14
Article: Hammond, T.H. (1996), Formal Theory and the Institutions of Governance ....................... 18
Week 5 Sociological Institutionalism ..................................................................................................... 19
Article: DiMaggio and Powell (1983), The Iron Cage revisited: Institutional Isomorphism .............. 20
Article: Finnemore and Sikkink (1998) Norm life cycle ...................................................................... 21
Article: Battilana and Dorado (2010) Building sustainable hybrid organizations: ‘Soft side’ of
institutionalism (case article) ............................................................................................................. 22
Week 6 Discursive Institutionalism (DI) ................................................................................................. 23
Article: Culpepper (2008) The Politics of Common Knowledge: Ideas and Institutional Change in
Wage Bargaining (case article) ........................................................................................................... 26
Article: Schmidt (2008) Discursive Institutionalism ........................................................................... 27
Article: Panizza and Miorelli (2013) Taking discourse seriously ........................................................ 27
Week 7 Institutional complexity – Wrapping up ................................................................................... 27
Article: Boyer (2005), Coherence, diversity, and the evolution of capitalism ................................... 29
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Master Public Administration
Lectures + Literature
Contents
Week 1 What are institutions and why do they matter? ........................................................................ 2
Article: Graham (2002), Strengthening Institutional Capacity in Poor countries (case article) .......... 3
Article: Pierson, P. (2000) The limits of design: Explaining institutional origins and change. ............. 4
Article: March, J.G. & Olsen, J.G. (1984) “The New Institutionalism: Organizational Factors in
Political Life.” (classical article) ............................................................................................................ 6
Week 2 Institutions and collective action ................................................................................................ 7
Article: Hardin (1968), The tragedy of the commons: Garret Hardin .................................................. 7
Article: Dietz, Ostrom, et al (2003), The struggle to Govern the Commons........................................ 8
Article: Prakash and Gugerty (2010) Trust but verify? Voluntary regulation programs in the
nonprofit sector (case article) .............................................................................................................. 9
Week 3 Historical institutionalism ......................................................................................................... 11
Article: Mahoney, J. and Schensul, D (2006), Historical Context and Path Dependence .................. 12
Article: Capoccia and Kelemen (2007), The study of critical junctures ............................................. 13
Article: Haverland (2001), Explaining Dutch and German Pension Trajectories (case article) .......... 13
Week 4 Rational choice institutionalism ................................................................................................ 14
Article: Hammond, T.H. (1996), Formal Theory and the Institutions of Governance ....................... 18
Week 5 Sociological Institutionalism ..................................................................................................... 19
Article: DiMaggio and Powell (1983), The Iron Cage revisited: Institutional Isomorphism .............. 20
Article: Finnemore and Sikkink (1998) Norm life cycle ...................................................................... 21
Article: Battilana and Dorado (2010) Building sustainable hybrid organizations: ‘Soft side’ of
institutionalism (case article) ............................................................................................................. 22
Week 6 Discursive Institutionalism (DI) ................................................................................................. 23
Article: Culpepper (2008) The Politics of Common Knowledge: Ideas and Institutional Change in
Wage Bargaining (case article) ........................................................................................................... 26
Article: Schmidt (2008) Discursive Institutionalism ........................................................................... 27
Article: Panizza and Miorelli (2013) Taking discourse seriously ........................................................ 27
Week 7 Institutional complexity – Wrapping up ................................................................................... 27
Article: Boyer (2005), Coherence, diversity, and the evolution of capitalism ................................... 29
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