ABSTRACT A growing number of studies have examined the collaboration of actors from
two or more policy domains in order to integrate aims and concerns derived from one policy …

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 …

Complex societal or environmental problems require fast and substantial socio-technical
transitions. For instance, in the case of climate change, these transitions need to take place …

Social movements have attracted much attention in recent years, both from scholars and
among the wider public. This book examines the consequences of social movements …

The second edition of this highly regarded book provides a concise and accessible
introduction to the principles and elements of policy design in contemporary governance. It …

Global warming and the acute domestic air pollution in China have necessitated transition to
a sustainable energy system away from coal-dominated energy production. Through a …

The low-carbon energy transition is a form of socio-technical transition and, as such, it
involves profound changes in the institutions that govern society. Despite the acknowledged …

Thinking about policy mixes is at the forefront of current research work in the policy sciences
and raises many significant questions with respect to policy tools and instruments …

Until recently, institutionally minded scholars in the social sciences generally treated
institutions as fixed. Whether defined as the rules of the political game, the standard …

Writing about ideas, John Maynard Keynes noted that they are" more powerful than is
commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else." One would expect, therefore …