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Many of the fundamental questions in social science entail an examination of the role played by social institutions. Why do we have so many social institutions? Why do they take one form in one society and quite different ones in others? In what ways do these institutions develop? When and why do they change? Institutions and Social Conflict addresses these questions in two ways. First it offers a thorough critique of a wide range of theories of institutional change, from the classical accounts of Smith, Hume, Marx and Weber to the contemporary approaches of evolutionary theory, the theory of social conventions and the new institutionalism. Secondly, it develops a new theory of institutional change that emphasises the distributional consequences of social institutions. The emergence of institutions is explained as a by-product of distributional conflict in which asymmetries of power in a society generate institutional solutions to conflicts.

A thorough critique of theories of institutional change followed by the development of a new theory emphasising the role of distributional conflict in the emergence of social institutions.

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CONTENTS
Series editors' preface = ix
Preface = xi
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION = 1
 Classical accounts of institutional change = 4
 Contemporary theories of institutional change = 9
 Rationality and social institutions = 13
 The outline of this book = 19
CHAPTER 2 THE PRIMARY IMPORTANCE OF DISTRIBUTIONAL CONFLICT = 21
 The benefits of social institutions = 22
 Rationality and institutional benefits = 27
 A distributive conception of social institutions = 40
CHAPTER 3 INSTITUTIONS AND STRATEGIC  CHOICE : INFORMATION, SANCTIONS, AND SOCIAL EXPECTATIONS = 48
 The complexity of strategic decision making = 50
 Institutions and social expectations = 53
 Implications for a theory of social institutions = 66
 A final clarification = 82
CHAPTER 4 THE SPONTANEOUS EMERGENCE OF SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS :CONTEMPORARY THEORIES OF INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE =
 The logic of evolutionary explanations =
 Evolutionary theories of institutional change =
 Conclusions =
CHAPTER 5 THE SPONTANEOUS EMERGENCE OF SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS : A BARGAINING THEORY OF EMERGENCE AND CHANGE =
 Institutional emergence : bargaining and asymmetries of power =
 A comparative analysis : the emergence of rules of =
 Property division =
CHAPTER 6 STABILITY AND CHANGE : CONFLICTS OVER FORMAL INSTITUTIONS =
 The stability of informal institutions =
 The state and conflicts over formal institutions =
 The strategic choice of institutions : a comparison of effects =
CHAPTER 7 CONCLUSION =
 Explanation =
 Justification =
 Research agenda =
Bibliography =
Index =