{"product_id":"explaining-social-institutions-9780472085767","title":"Explaining Social Institutions","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow is it that people with different and often conflicting interests can band together  overcome coordination problems  and create stable institutions that regulate the interactions among members of the group? Explaining Social Institutions leads us significantly closer to understanding how such institutions come to be. Much of the work being done under the rubric of \"new institutionalism\" focuses on how institutions shape social  economic  and political outcomes. This emphasis on influence has provided students of economics  political science  and political economy with surprisingly little theory to account for the origins of such institutions. Yet without understanding how institutions form and consequently develop influence  much of the other work lacks context. The contributors fill this void by utilizing a variety of perspectives and theoretical approaches. The twin focus of these articles on the origins of institutions and the development of institutional influence yield innovative and suggestive outcomes. Topics range from the framing of the United States Constitution to debate over the Senate at the Federal Convention; from equilibrium and social institutions to democratic stability. Contributors include Randall Calvert  Jon Elster  Avner Greif  Jack Knight  Paul Milgrom  Douglass North  William Riker  Norman Schofield  Itai Sened  and Barry Weingast. Jack Knight is Assistant Professor of Political Science  Washington University  St. Louis. Itai Sened is Assistant Professor of Political Science  Tel Aviv University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67868458844213,"sku":"ByrdShop_047208576X","price":41.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780472085767.jpg?v=1793547993","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/explaining-social-institutions-9780472085767","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}