Typical region names the part of the world where a social institution is most commonly found. Wikipedia describes the potlatch as "traditionally the primary governmental institution, legislative body, and economic system" among "Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada and the United States." This dimension groups institutions rooted in the same region.
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Institutions are a principal object of study in social sciences such as political science, anthropology, economics, and sociology (the latter described by Emile Durkheim as the "science of institutions, their genesis and their functioning").
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