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The New Economic, Sociological and Historical Institutionalisms in Social Policy

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The objective of this chapter is to outline a framework that allows for the sociological, economic and historical analysis of the institutional welfare system used to design and implement social policy programmes. Methodological and theoretical frameworks are useful when it comes to deciding the kind of empirical research to be carried out and making sense of the institutions and organizations (I&Os) in charge of policy practices in more specific and concrete situations.

This chapter is based on Vargas-Hernández et al. (2014).

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Vargas-Hernández, J.G., Castillo-Girón, V.M. (2018). The New Economic, Sociological and Historical Institutionalisms in Social Policy. In: Bakir, C., Jarvis, D. (eds) Institutional Entrepreneurship and Policy Change. Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70350-3_4

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