How Ideas and Institutions Shape the Politics of Public Policy

ISBN-13: 9781108721837 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 75 str.

Daniel Beland

Opis

Provides a critical review of existing literature on the role of ideas and institutions in the politics of public policy. Policy scholars deal with the role of ideas or institutions in their research: this critical review will improve their knowledge of crucial analytical issues in policy and political analysis.

Recenzje

'He [Béland] provides the systematic treatment of ideational institutionalism, drawing on his own comprehensive contributions to the field, as well as contemporary research. In his Element, public policies are dependent variables, and ideas and institutions (in turn, interacting between them) operate as independent variables.' Claudio M. Radaelli, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Ideas and institutions as explanatory factors; 3. Institutionalisms and institutions; 4. Political institutions and public policy; 5. Policy feedback; 6. From historical institutionalism to ideational analysis; 7. Mapping ideas: policy paradigms and beyond; 8. Ideas, actors, and the policy cycle; 9. Reconsidering theories of the policy process – ideas, institutions, and actors; 10. Ideas, political institutions, and transnational actors; 11. Ideas, institutions, and identities; 12. Ideas, power, and interests; 13. Institutions and the production of expertise; 14. Mechanisms of policy change; 15. Structural and psychological factors; 16. Conclusion.