VL IB: European Policy Making

Analyzing European Governance

What are the core assumptions of Historical Institutionalism (HI)? (1-3)

  • Focus on effects of institutions over time (how institutional commitments condition action and influence preferences of agents)
  • Institutions: more influential role than in RC institutionalism
  • Institutions: capacity to shape actor's interests and thereby structure political situations, leave their imprint on outcomes

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