V. Theoretical problems (continued) C. Institutional change 60. Politics and institutionalism: Explaining durability and change - Elisabeth S. Clemens and James M. Cook 61. "Seek an ye shall find 62. Ideas, institutions, and political order: Explaining political change - Robert C. Lieberman 63. Institutional stability and change: Two sides of the same coin - Johannes Lindner D. Organizations and institutions 64. Organizations versus institutions - Elias l. Khalil 65. The adolescence of institutional theory - W. Richard Scoot 66. Institutional theories of organization - Lynne G. Zucker VI. Institutionalism as methedology Does the use institutionalism as theoretical aapproach also imply certain methodological stances? Does institutionalism provide a set of methodological tools (considered broadly), or is it dependent u´pon other mechanisms for conducting empirical research. This rather brief section of the book will consider the potential of institutional analysis as a particular methodology for political analysis. Introduction - B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre 67. Institutionalism as methodology - Daniel Diermeier and Keith Krehbiel 68. Studying institutions: Some lessons from the rational choice approach - Kenneth A. Shepsle VII. Critiques of institutionalism Like all theories, institutionalism has not been without its critics. The critiques have extended from concern about the apparent lack of an ability to explain change, to concerns about an absence of agency and individual action, to concerns about vagueness and inadequate specification of key terms (including the key term "institution"). This section will present a representative sample of those criticisms Introduction - B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre 69. Nine questions to a neo-institutional theory in political science - Ove K. Pedersen 70. Cultural theory and the new institutionalism - Gunnar Grendstad and Per Selle 71. The compatibility of behaviouralism, rational choice and 'new institutionalism' - Keith Dowding 72. Roles, rules and rationality in the new institutionalism - Donald D. Seating 73. Appropriateness and consequences: The logic of neo-institutionalism - Kjell Goldmann 74. Structure, agency and historical institutionalism - Colin Hay and Daniel Wincott VIII. Concluding Discussion - B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre As described, this concluding chapter will summarize the contents of the volumes and present a research agenda and a set of challenges for institutional theory in political science. This will, of course, represent the opinions of the two editors but will also be anchored in a thorough reading and knowlwdge of the literature.