A critique of the concept of critical juncture: the question of change in Historical Institutionalism

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dc.contributor.authorMariano, Marcelo Passini [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Guilherme Augusto Guimarães
dc.contributor.authorNeves, Bárbara Carvalho [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-29T13:54:14Z
dc.date.available2023-07-29T13:54:14Z
dc.date.issued2023-01-01
dc.description.abstractIntroduction This article addresses the divergences around the definition and use of the concept of “critical juncture”. It points to the need to advance its theoretical-conceptual development to broaden the ability of the notion to identify the occurrence of critical junctures. Materials and methods: From a detailed review of the literature of Historical Institutionalism, considering the reference texts and authors of this field in national and international academic repositories, we present a critique of the potentialities and lim-itations of the concept of critical juncture for explaining moments of change. Results: Seeking to overcome the assumed causality between critical juncture and change, this article proposes to reinterpret the concept of critical juncture from the idea of con-tingency, characterizing it as a period of reduction of institutional constraints in which significant changes are possible, although not necessary. Discussion: In a context marked by political-institutional crises, by transformation in the forms of social interaction and by growing instability in various parts of the globe, it is increasingly important to identify and understand periods of crisis of expecta-tions and uncertainty about the future. We argue that the concept of critical juncture, if redefined, as it is done in this article, expands the theoretical model's ability to identify the occurrence of critical junctures, as well as whether they have occurred, are occurring, or will occur. At the same time, this operation helps to explain what would be the necessary causes for institutional change to occur or noten
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estadual Paulista Departamento de Relações Internacionais da Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais UNESP, SP
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Relações Internacionais Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SP
dc.description.affiliationPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Relações Internacionais “San Tiago Dantas” Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mequita Filho”, SP
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniversidade Estadual Paulista Departamento de Relações Internacionais da Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais UNESP, SP
dc.description.affiliationUnespPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Relações Internacionais “San Tiago Dantas” Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mequita Filho”, SP
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-98732331E001
dc.identifier.citationRevista de Sociologia e Politica, v. 31.
dc.identifier.doi10.1590/1678-98732331E001
dc.identifier.issn1678-9873
dc.identifier.issn0104-4478
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85158934025
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/248804
dc.language.isoeng
dc.language.isopor
dc.relation.ispartofRevista de Sociologia e Politica
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectcritical juncture
dc.subjecthistorical institutionalism
dc.subjectinstitutional change
dc.subjectpolitical change
dc.subjectpolitical institutions
dc.titleA critique of the concept of critical juncture: the question of change in Historical Institutionalismen
dc.titleUma crítica do conceito de conjuntura crítica: a questão da mudança no Institucionalismo Históricopt
dc.typeArtigo
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-1159-2537[1]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0003-3732-5661[2]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0001-8233-7309[3]

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