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How Ideas and Institutions Shape the Politics of Public Policy

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title How Ideas and Institutions Shape the Politics of Public Policy
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Daniel Beland
SeriesElements in Public Policy
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:75
Dimensions(mm): Height 230,Width 152
ISBN/Barcode 9781108721837
ClassificationsDewey:320.6
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 30 May 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This Element provides a critical review of existing literature on the role of ideas and institutions in the politics of public policy with the aim of contributing to the study of the politics of public policy. Because most policy scholars deal with the role of ideas or institutions in their research, such a critical review should help them improve their knowledge of crucial analytical issues in policy and political analysis. The following discussion brings together insights from both the policy studies literature and new institutionalism in sociology and political science, and stresses the explanatory role of ideas and institutions.

Reviews

'He [Beland] 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