Taming the Sovereigns: Institutional Change in International Politics
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 2, Heft 4, S. 894-895
ISSN: 1541-0986
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In: Perspectives on politics, Band 2, Heft 4, S. 894-895
ISSN: 1541-0986
In: Contemporary sociology, Band 33, Heft 4, S. 441-442
ISSN: 1939-8638
In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Band 2, Heft 4, S. 894-895
ISSN: 1537-5927
In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Band 2, Heft 4, S. 894
ISSN: 1537-5927
In: Annual review of sociology, Band 28, Heft 1, S. 21-38
ISSN: 1545-2115
▪ Abstract Scholars have become acutely interested in how behavior driven by ideas rather than self-interest determines policy-making outcomes. This review examines the literature on this subject. It differentiates among the types of ideas that may affect policy making (i.e., cognitive paradigms, world views, norms, frames, and policy programs) and identifies some of the persistent difficulties associated with studying how ideas shape policy. In particular, studies often do a poor job pinpointing the causal mechanisms that link ideas to policy-making outcomes. More attention needs to be paid to articulating the causal processes through which ideas exert effects. Suggestions for future scholarship that might improve this situation are offered. These include identifying the actors who seek to influence policy making with their ideas, ascertaining the institutional conditions under which these actors have more or less influence, and understanding how political discourse affects the degree to which policy ideas are communicated and translated into practice.
In: Sociologie et sociétés, Band 34, Heft 1, S. 35
ISSN: 0038-030X
In: Sociologie et sociétés, Band 34, Heft 1, S. 169
ISSN: 0038-030X
In: Canadian journal of political science: CJPS = Revue canadienne de science politique, Band 31, Heft 4, S. 818-820
ISSN: 1744-9324
In: Theory and society: renewal and critique in social theory, Band 27, Heft 1, S. 103-108
ISSN: 0304-2421
In: Theory and society: renewal and critique in social theory, Band 27, Heft 3, S. 377-409
ISSN: 0304-2421
In: The international journal of sociology and social policy, Band 17, Heft 7/8, S. 15-56
ISSN: 1758-6720
Interest in developing institutional explanations of political and economic behavior has blossomed among social scientists since the early 1980s. Three intellectual perspectives are now prevalent: rational choice theory, historical institutionalism and a new school of organizational analysis. This paper summarizes, compares and contrasts these views and suggests ways in which cross‐fertilization may be achieved. Particular attention is paid to how the insights of organizational analysis and historical institutionalism can be blended to provide fruitful avenues of research and theorizing, especially with regard to the production, adoption, and mobilization of ideas by decision makers.
In: Theory and society: renewal and critique in social theory, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 45-84
ISSN: 1573-7853
In: Theory and society: renewal and critique in social theory, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 45-84
ISSN: 0304-2421
In: American behavioral scientist: ABS, Band 38, Heft 5, S. 760-787
ISSN: 1552-3381
In: American behavioral scientist: ABS, Band 38, Heft 5, S. 669-673
ISSN: 1552-3381