Endogenous dynamics of institutional change

被引:27
作者
DellaPosta, Daniel [1 ]
Nee, Victor [1 ]
Opper, Sonja [2 ]
机构
[1] Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
[2] Lund Univ, Lund, Sweden
关键词
Institutional change; institutional innovation; emergence; mechanisms; network externalities; UNITED-STATES; WENZHOU MODEL; MOVEMENT; EVOLUTION; DIFFUSION; NETWORKS; ORGANIZATIONS; CONSTRUCTION; INNOVATION; ACTORS;
D O I
10.1177/1043463116633147
中图分类号
C91 [社会学];
学科分类号
030301 ; 1204 ;
摘要
A parsimonious set of mechanisms explains how and under which conditions behavioral deviations build into cascades that reshape institutional frameworks from the bottom up, even if institutional innovations initially conflict with the legally codified rules of the game. Specifically, we argue that this type of endogenous institutional change emerges from an interplay between three factors: the utility gain agents associate with decoupling from institutional equilibria, positive externalities derived from similar decoupling among one's neighbors, and accommodation by state actors. Where endogenous institutional change driven by societal action is sufficiently robust, it can induce political actors to accommodate and eventually to legitimize institutional innovations from below. We provide empirical illustrations of our theory in two disparate institutional contextsthe rise of private manufacturing in the Yangzi delta region of China since 1978, focusing on two municipalities in that region, and the diffusion of gay bars in San Francisco in the 1960s and 1970s. We validate our theory with an agent-based simulation.
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页数:44
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