Institutions

Question 1

International and global concerns post-cold war

Answer 1

Questions of poverty and inequality;
Underdevelopment as a function of weak governance, rent-seeking behavior, lack of consensus, sharp political cleavages

Question 2

What is the normative claim about democracy post cold war?

Answer 2

Democracy is the best form of government and democratization is an essential good.

Question 3

What are institutional turns in politics post cold war?

Answer 3

Studying institution is political science (Lowndes, 2018)
1. Defining institutions
2. Explaining how institutions affect behavior
3. Making sense of institutional change and persistence

Development as a function of institution (Leftwich and Sen, 2011)

Question 4

What is the formal definition of institutions?

Answer 4

Institutions are durable social rules and procedures, formal and informal, which structure - but not determine - the social, economic, and political relations and interactions of those affected by them (Leftwich and Sen)

nature: durable social rules and procedures
forms: formal and informal
function: structuring (of the institutional domains)
scope: does not directly determine (the state of institutional domains)
domains: social political, economic relations and interactions (of those affected by them)

Question 5

Characteristics of institutional rules:

Answer 5

Specific to particular political or governmental setting

Subject to some sort of third-party enforcement (formal or informal)

Recognized by actors (if not always adhered to)

Collective (rather than personal) on their effect

Question 6

Institutions shape behavior through:

Answer 6

Rules, practice, and narratives

Question 7

Institutional genesis and change might be accounted for by:

Answer 7

intentional design, accident, and evolution

Question 8

What are the forms of institutions according to its domains?

Answer 8

social, political, economic institutions

Question 9

This form of institution refers to formal definitions and protections of property rights, and norms, tradition, convention governing access to opportunities or resources.

Answer 9

economic instituions

Question 10

This form of institution refers to the formal definitions on how power is obtained, used and controlled, and by whom, and informal definitions of how authoritative decisions are made (and not only at the level of the state).

Answer 10

political institutions

Question 11

This form of institution includes cultural and/or religious, i.e., collective patterns of behavior

Answer 11

social institutions

Question 12

Are the formally or informally co-ordinated vehicles for the promotion or protection of a mix of individual and shared interests and ideas.

Answer 12

organizations

Question 13

Organizations are formally or informally co-ordinated vehicles for the promotion or protection of a mix of individual and shared interests and ideas. This definition stems from what author?

Answer 13

Leftwich and Sen

Question 14

Organizations play a key role in the politics of institutional formation, implementation and change. Whose idea is this?

Answer 14

Leftwich and Sen

Question 15

According to ____, one of the power of institutions is that they shape ideas, interests, beliefs, and incentive structures.

Answer 15

Lowndes, 2018

Question 16

According to ____, one of the power of institutions is that they frame likely policy choices

Answer 16

Booth, 2011

Question 17

According to ____, one of the power of institutions is that they influence perceptions of government performance.

Answer 17

Kaufman et al., 2018

Question 18

According to ____, government regulation is considered a nuisance the more a culture looks at government as corrupt overall

Answer 18

Kaufman et al., 2018

Question 19

According to ____, government regulation is favored when government is effective in ascertaining the rule of law, more efficient in law-making, and more streamlined in its implementation

Answer 19

Kaufman et al., 2018