Dezintegracja w zinstytucjonalizowanym świecie
Disintegration in an institutionalized world
Author(s): Ewa GruszewskaSubject(s): Political history, Economic policy, Government/Political systems, Economic development, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
Keywords: Institutionalization; Disintegration; Poland;
Summary/Abstract: We live in an institutionalized world, where all activities are determined by norms, procedures, and habits. The institutionalized system is a result of human’s striving for an order that lowers the transaction costs and contributes to the increase of profits from economic activity. The system is still being transformed: new elements of the system are created; they are better fitted to a current economy status, they replace previous ones that did not show a satisfactory efficiency. The contradiction between formal and informal institutions may lead to a damage of existing solutions (namely formal ones). However, such disintegration is a road to integration, because it makes it possible to build up a new system, in which contradictions are gradually removed. The system’s transformation in Poland can be such an example: more and more efficiently working system emerges after a period of institutional disintegration.
Journal: Ekonomia i Prawo. Economics and Law
- Issue Year: 7/2011
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 49-65
- Page Count: 18
- Language: Polish