Institutional Change and Path Dependence

Question 1

State

Answer 1

Permanent administrative, legal and coercive system with a monopoly over the legitimate use of force

Question 2

Regime

Answer 2

Allows for the allocation of political power

Question 3

Government

Answer 3

People who control the state

Question 4

Policy

Answer 4

Tool used by governments and implemented by the state to try to achieve a desired social outcome

Question 5

Path dependence

Answer 5

High costs of reversal; other choice points but entrenchment of certain institutional arrangements; inefficient institutional equilibria persist

Question 6

Cage of norms

Answer 6

Fearing dominance, societies evolve social norms to maintain egalitarianism, but these norms keep society out of the corridor

Question 7

Doorstep conditions

Answer 7

Rule of law for elites
Perpetually lived organisations in the public and private spheres
Consolidated control of the military

Question 8

Limited Access Orders

Answer 8

Personal relationships form the basis for social organisation; access to organisation is limited

Question 9

Open access orders

Answer 9

Impersonal relationships form the basis for social organisation

Question 10

Four components of IFED

Answer 10

1. Possibility; 2. Incentive; 3. Capability; 4. Opportunity