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3 pages in length. Reinventing the 'old' concept of institutionalism might be looked upon as trying to reconstruct the wheel: its design warrants no improvement. With such tremendous thinkers as Kant, Durkheim and Weber – among others – espousing the fundamental properties of institutionalism more than two centuries ago, one must wonder if the movement toward new institutionalism is shrouded in complete and utter pointlessness. Being that there are many definitions worthy of identifying the notion of institutions, this multiplicity has caused a great deal of confusion and contradiction. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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the scope for a theory to be able to study political science, the theory seems to turn largely a blind eye on the importance of the individual actor, thereby loosing
much of the scope. Reinventing the old concept of institutionalism might be looked upon as trying to reconstruct the wheel: its design warrants no improvement. With such tremendous thinkers
as Kant, Durkheim and Weber - among others - espousing the fundamental properties of institutionalism more than two centuries ago, one must wonder if the movement toward new institutionalism is
shrouded in complete and utter pointlessness. Being that there are many definitions worthy of identifying the notion of institutions, this multiplicity has caused a great deal of confusion and
contradiction (Kariithi no date). Understanding why new institutionalism is not widening the scope as originally intended for political science resides in the ability
to grasp the three primary elements of new institutionalism and their impact upon this bungled objective: rational choice, historical and sociological institutionalisms. According
to Kariithi (no date), the three schools of thought share one particular common denominator: They all subscribe to the belief that "institutions are interested in state and societal forces that
shape the way political actors define their interests, and how such forces structure power relations between actors." Moreover, the three components also share the fundamental responsibility of institutions, which
is to maintain structure of everyday activity as well as lessen ambiguity. Kariithi (no date) believes institutionalism has resurfaced due to the overwhelming need for strength-building in the existing standards,
not the least of which is that of behavioralism in political science. Lastly, there appears to be far too many similarities between the old and the new to warrant
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