Reframing Informal Institutional Voids as the Attempted Remaking of Contested Social Spaces: Evidence from England
Md Nazmul Hasan,
Krista Bondy
Abstract:The conventional perspective on institutional voids as mere absences has recently faced criticism. Recent research suggests that voids are instead sites of contestation between institutions. However, understanding the specifics of this and how informal voids function in such contestations requires deeper investigation. We combine insights from the institutional voids and political theory literatures to reconceptualise informal voids as spaces of attempted institutional remaking which occurs through three key a… Show more
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