institutionality
Institutionality refers to the quality or state of being institutionalized: the extent to which social arrangements are organized around formal rules, procedures, and organizations, and the degree to which these arrangements structure behavior, coordinate action, and confer legitimacy. It encompasses both formal institutions such as constitutions, laws, and regulatory agencies, and informal institutions such as norms, routines, and shared expectations. Institutionality emerges through socialization, regulation, standardization, and the gradual accumulation of routines that become taken for granted.
It is distinguished from the mere existence of institutions by focusing on the process and degree of
The concept highlights durability and legitimacy, but also potential rigidity. Variants examine the institutionalization of markets,
Theoretical approaches include old institutionalism, with a historical and legal focus, and new institutionalism, which emphasizes