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institutions. e term “institution” designates organizations of every kind. To avoid confusion,
it is useful to distinguish between institutions and organizations. Institutions are the rules of
the game; organizations are corporate actors, that is, groups of individuals bound by some rules
designed to achieve a common objective.
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ere can be political organizations such as political
parties, educational organizations such as universities, social service organizations such as a gov-
ernment department, or economic organizations such as firms. erefore, organizations, when
interacting with other organizations or individuals, submit to those general social rules ca