Cornelius Castoriadis on institutions: a proposal for a schema of institutional change
介绍政治哲学家卡斯托里亚迪斯的制度思想,认为其见解有助于超越新古典框架,解释路径依赖和制度多样性,并提出一个能容纳多种文献的制度变迁图式。
The paper presents the thought of the political philosopher Cornelius Castoriadis on institutions and argues that his insights contribute significantly to the development of a theory of institutions and institutional change which moves beyond the neoclassical framework. Stylised facts of historical experience such as strong path-dependence and lock-in effects and the diversity of observed institutional forms are explained naturally in his proposed framework. In addition, a schema for institutional change is suggested, which accommodates a number of other strands in the literature as special cases. This schema could be elaborated in various directions and facilitates structuring the further development of an alternative institutional theory.