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institutionalist

institutionalist

1 8.2
A person who studies or supports the role of organizations like schools and courts in society
  • noun
  • /ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəlɪst/
  • Formal
translation icon : institucionalista
  • The institutionalist approach helps us understand how government agencies influence economic policy.
  • institutionalist perspective
  • institutionalist approach
  • historical institutionalist

So that there you can you can see possible tensions between institutionalist and interest based accounts.

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Examples

  • What Keohane calls institutions are considered by institutionalists as organizations, or 'going concerns.'

    Blog text (33)

  • Finally, it may be noted that both countries have attempted to establish democracy through a top-down institutionalist approach rather than a popular approach that emphasizes inclusion and contestation.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The above view is consistent with the historical institutionalist approach, which has become prominent in political science.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Institutionalists need to be encouraged and rewarded by the public and the press.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Indonesia's reforms appear to be of the top-down, institutionalist variety.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Our institutionalist perspective predicts a slower, more modulated process than a noninstitutionalist, more macro approach will.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Congress' composition should also be changed; having fewer ideological zealots and partisan warriors and more institutionalists would go a long way toward toughening congressional oversight of the executive.

    Academic text (2006)

  • An institutionalist believes that institutions play a crucial role in shaping social behavior.

  • Many political scientists identify as institutionalists, emphasizing the importance of rules and organizations.

Synonyms

establishmentarian
vsinstitutionalist
  • Formal
9.4

A person who supports existing institutions and the current social or political order

studies or emphasizes the role of organised bodies rather than defending tradition
conventionalist
vsinstitutionalist
  • Formal
7.7

Supporting the idea that rules come from social agreement

emphasizes importance and role of organised bodies in society and economics

Surface Forms

institutionalist singular
institutionalists plural

Morphology

institutionalist = institutional (transparent) = institution + al + ist

Formed by adding the agentive suffix '-ist' to the adjective 'institutional', producing the predictable meaning 'a person associated with or supporting institutions'.

Etymology

The word institutionalist comes from institution 'an established group or custom' and the ending -alist 'a person who studies or supports'. Think of institute 'to set up'; an institutionalist looks at how groups, rules, and traditions are 'set up' in society, so the modern meaning is someone who studies or supports institutions.