Are political institutions resistant to changes?

Abstract

To what extent is the New institutionalism capable of explaining why implementations of public policies in political institutions may engender resistance? The author believes that political institutions are endogenous and not exogenous entities. The author first tries to demonstrate what constitutes the autonomy of a political institution by recognizing the elements of a specific political culture which becomes source of formation of political identities to political actors. Subsequently, the author examines the assumption that a political institution and actors are not tolerant to public policies authoritatively imposed from the exterior. The result of this collision is the resistance of a political institution. In the end, the author analyzes certain possible forms of resistance and their effect on preventing the implementation of public policy.

Kolike su mogućnosti novog institucionalizma da objasni zbog čega se u političkim institucijama pri implementaciji javnih politika mogujaviti otpori? Autor polazi od pretpostavke da su političke institucije endogeni, a ne egzogeni entiteti. Najpre, autor pokušava da pokaže u čemu se sastoji autonomija političke institucije, prepoznajući elemente specifične političke kulture koja političkim akterima postaje izvor formiranja političkih identiteta. Zatim, autor ispituje pretpostavku da politička institucija i akteri ne trpe javne politike koje su autoritativno nametnute spolja. Rezultat ove kolizije je otpor političke institucije. Na kraju, autor analizira neke od mogućih formi otpora i njihov učinak u sprečavanju realizacije javne politike.