**Pattern Name:** Institution
**Introduction:** Ostrom and colleagues study institutional arrangements to good effect.
**Illustration:**
**CONTEXT:**
**Initial Situation:**
**PROBLEM:**
**Forces:**
**THEREFORE (SOLUTION):**
**Actions:**
**Consequences:**
**Known Uses:**
**Examples:**
**Important Know-How:**
**CONNECTED PATTERNS:** **Supported Patterns:** **Supporting Patterns:**
**Notes:**
See EIP Sketch
Clarify the relationships between EIP Sketch and IAD. See Notes on IAD
Institutions (singular: institution) are humanly devised structures of rules and norms that shape and constrain individual behavior.[1][2][3][4] All definitions of institutions generally entail that there is a level of persistence and continuity.[5] Laws, rules, social conventions and norms are all examples of institutions.[6] Institutions vary in their level of formality and informality.[7][8]
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