How Institutions Shape Lives — Quiz

According to Berger and Luckmann, institutionalization occurs when habitualized actions are:

Which of the following best describes the 'liberal' welfare regime in Esping-Andersen's typology?

Hall and Soskice distinguish liberal market economies from coordinated market economies primarily on the basis of:

Western and Rosenfeld's analysis of US wage data from 1973 to 2007 found that union decline explains approximately what share of the rise in male wage inequality?

Which mode of gradual institutional change involves redirecting an existing institution to new purposes without formally abolishing it?

Pierson's concept of path dependence in political institutions emphasizes which of the following as a key mechanism of self-reinforcement?

Lappi-Seppälä's comparative analysis of incarceration rates argues that Nordic countries' low rates are primarily explained by:

Fligstein's 'Architecture of Markets' argues that stable markets require which of the following institutional foundations?

Explain the distinction between 'regulative' and 'normative' dimensions of institutions, using one example from the topic.

What does Heckman's research on early childhood education suggest about how institutional choices translate into population-level outcomes?

What is 'drift' as a mode of institutional change, and why is it analytically important for understanding the erosion of US labour-market institutions?

Drawing on at least three of the case studies or comparative frameworks discussed in this topic, evaluate the claim that 'institutions are not mere backdrops against which individual lives unfold — they are productive of those lives' differential shapes.' In your answer, consider both how institutions cause differential outcomes and how they themselves change over time.