Good in a crisis: the ontological institutionalism of social constructivism

New Political Economy

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 520-535

  Hay, Colin ^a  

^a SCIENCES PO   (France)

Author keywords

Constructivism; contingency; crisis; disequilibrium; institutionalism

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; SOCIAL THEORY;

EID: 84961204397     PISSN: 13563467     EISSN: 14699923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563467.2016.1158800     Document Type: Article

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