path dependency

collocation in English

meanings of pathand dependency

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path
noun[C]
uk /pɑːθ/ us /pæθ/
a route or track between one place and another, or the direction in which something ...
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dependency
noun
uk /dɪˈpen.dən.si/ us /dɪˈpen.dən.si/
a situation in which you need something or someone and are unable to continue normally ...
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Examples of path dependency

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Pathdependency made it difficult to achieve either retrenchment or structural change within the existing budget.
Here pathdependency theory, in the generalised form that it is usually invoked, offers little help.
As far as welfare reforms are concerned, the concept of pathdependency conveys two important messages.
Secondly, following the notion of pathdependency, there is a distinction between explanations of stability and explanations of change.
In terms that a historical institutionalist would use, there is a considerable degree of pathdependency involved here.
The key idea behind pathdependency is that, once established, certain courses of policy development can become hard to reverse.
It also reflects other contextual differences including institutional pathdependency.
In addition to constructs such as sense making, embeddedness, and institutions, this contribution builds on the concepts of change and pathdependency.
The sector approach should give pause for thought to all those who attempt to analyse such phenomena as globalisation and pathdependency at the level of the so-called nation-state.
The analysis also sheds light on the process through which institutional arrangements change and the extent to which institutional arrangements can be held to provoke pathdependency.
A key concept is pathdependency: the historical track of a given institution or polity will result in almost inevitable occurrences.
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This highlights the importance of early institutional decisions, which can create strong path dependencies that are not accounted for in "static" rentier theories.
Yet, at least for semi-strong path dependencies, change would also not be recommended.
Fourthly, it would not be efficient to change all path dependencies in the law of a particular country.
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