Political Science · Comparative Political Analysis
UGC NET January 2025 Political Science
Match List I (Concept/Theory) with List II (Proponent) and choose the correct answer from the options given below.
List I
- I. Critique of rational choice institutionalism's advocacy of universal generalisations
- II. Study of institutional change in skill regimes in Britain, Germany, Japan and the US
- III. Origins of sociological institutionalism
- IV. Discursive institutionalism
List II
- a. Campbell and Pedersen
- b. Scharpf
- c. Kathleen Thelen
- d. Meyer and Rowan
AI-a, II-b, III-c, IV-d
BI-c, II-b, III-a, IV-d
CI-b, II-c, III-d, IV-a ✓ Correct
DI-d, II-a, III-c, IV-b
Correct answer: (C) I-b, II-c, III-d, IV-a — The correct match pairs the rational-choice critique with Scharpf, skill-regime change with Thelen, sociological institutionalism with Meyer and Rowan and discursive institutionalism with Campbell and Pedersen, giving I-b, II-c, III-d,…
Explanation
★The correct match pairs the rational-choice critique with Scharpf, skill-regime change with Thelen, sociological institutionalism with Meyer and Rowan and discursive institutionalism with Campbell and Pedersen, giving I-b, II-c, III-d, IV-a.
★Fritz Scharpf criticised rational choice institutionalism's claim to universal generalisations.
★Kathleen Thelen studied institutional change in skill regimes across Britain, Germany, Japan and the United States.
★John Meyer and Brian Rowan founded sociological institutionalism, stressing legitimacy and culture.
★Campbell and Pedersen are proponents of discursive institutionalism, centred on ideas and discourse.
★These strands show the variety within the new institutionalism.
★Matching each idea to its proponent is the key to this question.
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