Abstract
This article explores the structural roots of institutional fields of tensions. It singles out four societal domains – bureaucratic, economic, academic, and civic – and elaborates on different doctrines, steering mechanisms and ethos prevailing in such domains. It draws on Max Weber’s concepts of “ideal types’ of politically and economically-oriented action as a theoretical predecessor of the concept of domains and institutional tensions. It also draws on Giddens’ interpretation of social structuring processes, and develops a notion of institutional learning by proposing a concept of inter-institutional learning. The recent case of developing a new nuclear power plant in Lithuania is deployed in this article inter alia as an illustration of the tensions arising between different institutional domains, as an illustration of dominance of certain principles, steering
 mechanisms and ethos pertaining to particular institutional domains, e.g. bureaucratic and economic, whereas other domains such as civic are neglected or marginalized. It is also conceived as an example illuminating the opening of possible ways in the search for institutional innovations.
Highlights
This article explores the structural roots of institutional fields of tensions
It singles out four societal domains – bureaucratic, economic, academic, and civic – and elaborates on different doctrines, steering mechanisms and ethos prevailing in such domains
The recent case of developing a new nuclear power plant in Lithuania is deployed in this article inter alia as an illustration of the tensions arising between different institutional domains, as an illustration of dominance of certain principles, steering mechanisms and ethos pertaining to particular institutional domains, e.g. bureaucratic and economic, whereas other domains such as civic are neglected or marginalized
Summary
Instituciniai domenai, átampos laukai ir institucinës inovacijos. Ðiame straipsnyje pateikiama originali instituciniø átampos laukø koncepcija ir sociologinë jos interpretacija. Analitiðkai skiriamos keturios visuomenës institucinës sritys (domenai): biurokratinis, ekonominis, akademinis ir pilietinis. Socialiniø veikëjø poþiûrius ir elgesá ðiuose domenuose struktûrizuoja juose dominuojantys, institucionalizuoti bruoþai – vertybinës orientacijos, veiklos tikslø ir bûdø samprata bei elgesá norminantis etosas. Domenai prilygintini Maxo Weberio teorijoje iðskirtiems idealiesiems tipams, kuriais apibûdinama socialiniø veikëjø veikla, orientuota politiðkai ir ekonomiðkai. Straipsnyje, remiantis Romualdo Grigo pasiûlyta socialiniø átampos laukø koncepcija, teoriðkai grindþiamas instituciniø átampos laukø, kylanèiø tarp atskirø domenø, struktûrinis prieþastingumas. Pateikiama originali tarpinstitucinio mokymosi bei institucinës inovacijos sàvoka bei jos empirinës iliustracijos (svarstoma aktuali naujos atominës jëgainës Lietuvoje plëtros problema). Esminiai þodþiai: socialinës institucijos, sàveika, átampos laukai, biurokratiðkumas, antrepreneriðkumas, demokratija, institucinë inovacija
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