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Patterns of Policy Instrument Choice: Policy Styles, Policy Learning and the Privatization Experience
Michael Howlett,M. Ramesh +1 more
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In this paper, the authors present a theory of policy instrument choice which is capable of dealing with instances of long-term, cross-national changes in policy instrument usage, and argue that reconceptualization of instrument choices in terms of policy learning can aid in this theoretical project.Abstract:
The spread of privatization in almost every country over the last decade reflects a rapid and fundamental change in patterns of policy instrument usage. Yet the literature on policy instruments has almost nothing to say on this perhaps most significant development in public policy in recent times. This paper's objective is to aid in the development of a theory of policy instrument choice which is capable of dealing with instances of long-term, cross-national changes in policy instrument usage. It will be argued that reconceptualization of instrument choices in terms of policy learning can aid in this theoretical project.read more
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A Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice.
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Introduction: epistemic communities and international policy coordination
TL;DR: In this article, a variety of analytic approaches have been used to address the problems of international cooperation, but the approaches have yielded only fragmentary insights, focusing on the technical aspects of a specific problem, how do they define state interests and develop viable solutions? What factors shape their behavior? Under conditions of uncertainty, what are the origins of international institutions? And how can we best study the processes through which international policy coordination and order emerge?
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Policy paradigms, social learning, and the state: the case of economic policymaking in Britain
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The New Institutionalism: Organizational Factors in Political Life
James G. March,Johan P. Olsen +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a new institutionalism emphasizes the relative autonomy of political institutions, the possibilities for inefficiency in history, and the importance of symbolic action to an understanding of politics.