Considérations Générales sur la Question du Changement Institutionnel : Une Lecture de D. North et de R. Boyer

Abstract

This paper proposes to present some theoretical analysis on the question of institutional change. We will focus in particular on the approach of the new institutional economy (NEI), through the work of its principal representative, D. North, as well as the contribution of R. Boyer, representative of the Regulation School. The purpose of the presentation is to identify the factors of institutional change. Thus, while D. North's analysis puts forward the utilitarian-functionalist principle of institutions, that of R. Boyer insists, for his part, on the conflictual nature of change.