North's institutionalism and the prospect of combining theoretical approaches
分析了道格拉斯·诺斯的制度主义思想，展示他如何结合主流与替代性观点，试图调和个体能动性与社会结构，但未能提供完全整合的理论方法。
The distinction between new and old institutional economics may be unhelpful in depicting those theorists who defy clear categorisation. One such writer is Douglass North, who is associated with the new institutionalism but who deviates from the neoclassical principles which supposedly form the foundations of this school. The paper analyses his work to show how he combines both mainstream and alternative ideas. In attempting to reconcile individual agency with social structure, North suggests that institutions provide the constraints under which decisions are made but that individuals and organisations can alter those constraints. While his work is an attempt to advance interdisciplinary research, it fails to provide a fully integrated theoretical approach. Copyright 2002, Oxford University Press.