Institutionalization

Research Case: Why Did the Institutionalized Rights of the Plebeians Become Political Vested Rights That the Ruling Class Could Not Easily Take Back?

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A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 2 1. Question Why did the institutionalized rights of the plebeians become political vested rights that the ruling class could not easily take back? Livy’s History of Rome, Book II describes how the conflict between patricians and plebeians deepened in the early Roman Republic. The … Read more

Research Case: Why Are Founders and Heroes Necessary When Institutions Are Still Immature, but Dangerous When Their Heroic Power Is Not Institutionalized?

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A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why are founders and heroes necessary when institutions are still immature, but dangerous when their heroic power is not institutionalized? 2. Abstract Founders and heroes are necessary when institutions are still immature because they supply the starting force that converts disorder into … Read more

Research Case: Why Is Institutionalization Not About Distrusting People, but About Moving Away from Excessive Dependence on People?

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A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why is institutionalization not about distrusting people, but about moving away from excessive dependence on people? 2. Abstract Institutionalization does not mean distrusting people. Institutionalization means moving toward a structure in which the organizational OS can maintain a minimum level of order, … Read more