B. Guy Peters is Maurice Falk Professor of Government at the University of Pittsburgh, USA and Professor of Comparative Governance at Zeppelin University in Germany.

"This highly readable book does a wonderful job of assessing the many different varieties and strands of institutional theory.  Peters is to be commended for his full and even-handed treatment of institutional approaches that have themselves become institutionalized in political science today.   In going from the origins of the ‘new institutionalisms' in the older institutionalism to the explanation of how ‘institutions' are defined, formed, operate, change, and are used in the many different sub-fields of political science, the book also provides a history and survey of political science in all its variety and complexity.  This is a must-read for any student of political science interested in understanding what the ‘new institutionalism' is all about." - Vivien A. Schmidt, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Europe, Boston University, USA.

B. Guy Peters is Maurice Falk Professor of Government at the University of Pittsburgh, USA and Professor of Comparative Governance at Zeppelin University in Germany.

"This highly readable book does a wonderful job of assessing the many different varieties and strands of institutional theory.  Peters is to be commended for his full and even-handed treatment of institutional approaches that have themselves become institutionalized in political science today.   In going from the origins of the ‘new institutionalisms' in the older institutionalism to the explanation of how ‘institutions' are defined, formed, operate, change, and are used in the many different sub-fields of political science, the book also provides a history and survey of political science in all its variety and complexity.  This is a must-read for any student of political science interested in understanding what the ‘new institutionalism' is all about." - Vivien A. Schmidt, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Europe, Boston University, USA.

B. Guy Peters is Maurice Falk Professor of Government at the University of Pittsburgh, USA and Professor of Comparative Governance at Zeppelin University in Germany.

"This highly readable book does a wonderful job of assessing the many different varieties and strands of institutional theory.  Peters is to be commended for his full and even-handed treatment of institutional approaches that have themselves become institutionalized in political science today.   In going from the origins of the ‘new institutionalisms' in the older institutionalism to the explanation of how ‘institutions' are defined, formed, operate, change, and are used in the many different sub-fields of political science, the book also provides a history and survey of political science in all its variety and complexity.  This is a must-read for any student of political science interested in understanding what the ‘new institutionalism' is all about." - Vivien A. Schmidt, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Europe, Boston University, USA.