...collection of institutions, rules of behavior, norms, roles, physical arrangements, buildings, and archives that are relatively invariant in the face of turnover...idiosyncratic preferences and expectations of individuals." It allows both for regularities and for freedom of choice. Since presumably all persons with the same...

...collection of institutions, rules of behavior, norms, roles, physical arrangements, buildings, and archives that are relatively invariant in the face of turnover...idiosyncratic preferences and expectations of individuals. In contrast to theories that assume action is choice based on individual values and expectations, theories...

...In the words of James March and Johan Olsen, institutions are organizational mechanisms that remain "relatively invariant in the face of turnover of individuals...idiosyncratic preferences and expectations of individuals." 22 At least three types of institutions weigh heavily in shaping any regime: governmental institutions,...

...collection of institutions, rules of behavior, norms, roles, physical arrangements, buildings, and archives that are relatively invariant in the face of turnover...idiosyncratic preferences and expectations of individuals. In contrast to theories that assume action is choice based on individual values and expectations, theories...

...ELABORATING THE "NEW INSTITUTIONALISM" JAMES G. MARCH JOHAN P. OLSEN i AN INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE An institution is a relatively enduring collection...of individuals and changing external circumstances (March and Olsen 1989, 1995). There are constitutive rules and practices prescribing appropriate behavior...