ON THE NOTIONOF POLITICAL FEASIBILITY

In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 3, Heft 3, S. 259-274

Abstract

IN EXAMINING THE FEASIBILITY OF A PUBLIC POLICY, ONE ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS OF WHETHER IT SATIFIES ALL LIMITS. POLITICAL FEASIBILITY, HOWEVER, HAS NO SUCH PRECISE CONSTRAINST OT DEFINE ITSELF. THREE GROUPS OF POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS ARE PRESENTED HERE: LIMITIATIONS OF AVAILABLE POLITICAL RESOURCES, DISTRIBUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS, AND CONSTRAINTS IMPOSED BY THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK.