Thus, by critiquing procedures for democratic choice, institutionalist research can
provide guidelines for drafting policy procedures involving not just making laws but
the administrative decision making that inevitably follows. Indeed, many policy
solutions entail introducing a set of guidelines for administrative decision making
rather than directly legislating a policy outcome. The implication of the institutionalist
perspective is that the quality of administrative decision making depends upon
the procedures for decision making themselves. However, the impact of institutions
also depends upon their social and political context