‘Tissue on the Bones’: Towards the Development of a Post-structuralist Institutionalism

The ‘new institutionalist’ approaches have recently been beneficially expanded by the introduction of a body of work which falls under the collective label of discursive-constructivist institutionalism. This article argues that the discursive analytical focus of these approaches would be complemente...

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Published in:	Politics (Manchester, England) England), 2013-06, Vol.33 (2), p.112-123
Main Author:	Moon, David S.
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Advocacy Collectives Constructivism Institutionalism Labor Parties Labour parties Political control Political theory Post-structuralism post‐structuralist institutionalism rhetorical analysis Welsh Labour
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Summary:	The ‘new institutionalist’ approaches have recently been beneficially expanded by the introduction of a body of work which falls under the collective label of discursive-constructivist institutionalism. This article argues that the discursive analytical focus of these approaches would be complemented and extended by the application of the post-structuralist conceptual tool bag offered by Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe. In so doing it advocates developing a post-structuralist institutionalism (PSI), detailing the approach's key theoretical underpinnings and differences from constructivist-discursive approaches. These are subsequently illustrated via an analysis of the arguments within Rhodri Morgan's Welsh Labour party over the use of private finance in health provision.
ISSN:	0263-3957 1467-9256