Institutionalism may refer to:
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Institutional theory
In sociology and organizational studies, institutional theory is a theory on the deeper and more resilient aspects of social structure. It considers the processes by which structures, including schemes, rules, norms, and routines, become establis ...
, an approach to the study of politics that focuses on formal institutions of government
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New institutionalism
New institutionalism (also referred to as neo-institutionalist theory or institutionalism) is an approach to the study of institutions that focuses on the constraining and enabling effects of formal and informal rules on the behavior of individuals ...
, a social theory that focuses on developing a sociological view of institutions, the way they interact and the effects of institutions on society
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Institutional economics, an economic school approaching economic issues from a macro sociological point of view
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New institutional economics
New Institutional Economics (NIE) is an economic perspective that attempts to extend economics by focusing on the institutions (that is to say the social and legal norms and rules) that underlie economic activity and with analysis beyond earlier ...
, an economic school that analyzes social norms, organizational arrangements etc.
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Historical institutionalism, a social science method of inquiry that uses institutions as subject of study in order to find, measure and trace patterns and sequences of social, political, economic behavior and change across time and space
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Institutionalism in political parties
Party institutionalism is an approach that sees political parties as having some capacities for adaptation, but also sees them as being "prisoners of their own history as an institution". Aspects of the ideology that a party had when it was founde ...
, an approach that sees political parties as having some capacities for adaptation, but also sees them as being "prisoners of their own history as an institution"
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Liberal institutionalism, an approach to international organizations in international relations
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Legal institutionalism
Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...
, a judicial and legal
school of thought
A school of thought, or intellectual tradition, is the perspective of a group of people who share common characteristics of opinion or outlook of a philosophy, discipline, belief, social movement, economics, cultural movement, or art movement.
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