This book contributes to emerging debates in political science and sociology on institutional change its introductory essay proposes a new framework for analyzing incremental change that is grounded in a power distributional view of institutions and that emphasizes ongoing struggles within but also over prevailing institutional arrangements. Explaining institutional change ambiguity agency and power edited by james mahoney and kathleen thelen. This book contributes to emerging debates in political science and sociology on institutional change its introductory essay proposes a new framework for analyzing incremental change that is grounded in a power distributional view of institutions and that emphasizes ongoing struggles within but also over prevailing institutional arrangements. Request pdf on jan 1 2010 james mahoney and others published explaining institutional change ambiguity agency and power find read and cite all the research you need on researchgate