Institutions and Individuals: Interaction and Evolution
重新定义了个体与结构的关系，基于实用主义和凡勃伦制度经济学的习惯概念，提出习惯化过程通过“重构性向下因果”机制使制度环境影响个体偏好，并讨论了组织的演化分析路径。
The conceptualization of the relation between individual and structure is central to social science. After making some key definitions, this paper overviews some recent developments in the social theory of structure and agency, and makes a novel addition, based on a concept of habit derived from pragmatism and Veblenian institutional economics. Processes of habituation provide a mechanism of ‘reconstitutive downward causation’ where institutional circumstances may affect individual preferences. Finally, special characteristics of organizations are discussed, endorsing an evolutionary analytical approach that combines insights from both evolutionary economics and organization science.