This article takes stock of and reviews the comparative literature on blame avoidance
strategies in social policy reform to identify the conditions under which blame avoidance …

" With an estimated 1830 think tanks stretched across its 50 states and close to 400 public
policy institutes in Washington, DC alone, the United States possesses the largest …

Politik und Forschung beschäftigen sich bevorzugt mit der „schönen Seite “von
Transformationen: dem Neuen. Doch reichen Innovationen und ihre Förderung häufig nicht …

This study aims to theorize more concretely the micro-foundations of reform strategies with
attention to the role of would-be reform winners in motivating strategy choice. The theory …

In kaum einem anderen Politikfeld ist die Frequenz von Reformen derart hoch wie in der
Rentenpolitik. Blickt man allein auf die Zeit nach der Jahrtausendwende so prägten, neben …

Artykuł analizuje czynniki sterujące reformą polskiego prawa pracy w latach 2009––2013.
Reakcja rządu polegająca na uelastycznieniu prawa pracy równocześnie: 1) pozostawała w …

This dissertation is comprised of several essays on welfare state retrenchment in advanced
industrial democracies since 1990. The intent is to provide a strong empirical grounding for …

Este relatório nasce da minha experiência de estágio no Paralelo, serviço educativo do
Teatro Municipal do Porto. As preocupações inerentes a este trabalho encontram-se em …

Governments' policies and actions often precipitate public blame firestorms and mediated
scandals targeted at individual or collective policy makers. In the face of losing credibility …