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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970097603321

Titolo

Reconfiguring Institutions Across Time and Space : Syncretic Responses to Challenges of Political and Economic Transformation / / edited by D. Galvan, R. Sil

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2007

ISBN

9786611361679

9781281361677

1281361674

9780230603066

0230603068

Edizione

[1st ed. 2007.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Political Evolution and Institutional Change, , 2945-6460

Altri autori (Persone)

GalvanDennis Charles

SilRudra <1967->

Disciplina

306.091724

Soggetti

Political science

Political planning

Public administration

Sociology

Human geography

Political Science

Public Policy

Public Administration

Human Geography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Political Institutions; Economic and Social Institutions; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines how novel institutional forms emerge when actors creatively reinterpret and reconfigure imported or imposed institutional models, using case studies from East Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.