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institutionalism  

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  • Institutionalism is a general approach to social science that studies institutions using inductive, historical, and comparative methods. No matter how one defines political science, from its inception it has put much emphasis on the study of institutions. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Theory; Institutionalism]

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