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 …

Theories of European integration are relevant for understanding the development of the
OMC, given the role of Member States and European institutions in this process. The …

A comprehensive introduction to public policy and the policy cycle, the fully revised second
edition of this popular textbook offers a practical guide to the topic while remaining …

Owing to the tendency of discursive institutionalists to conflate the notion that 'ideas
matter'for policy-making with the 'power of ideas', little has been done to explicitly theorize …

A better ideational approach comes from showing when ideas influence outcomes, and
when they do not (Campbell 2004; Daigneault 2014; Hattam 1993; Lieberman 2002; …

Education privatization is a global phenomenon that has crystallized in countries with very
different cultural, political, and economic backgrounds. In this book, the authors examine …

The advent of the eurozone debt crisis in the spring of 2010 and the long search for a
comprehensive solution have shaken the foundations of the European Union (EU). The debt …

ÔA comprehensive analysis of how the large corporation has impacted national and global
governance. Wilks has made an important contribution to the literature on the changing …

Initially published in 1984, John W. Kingdon's Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies
has long been classic reading in policy studies. This paper systematically explores its …

This special issue commemorates the 50th anniversary of Social Policy & Administration.
Much has been written over the last two decades about the role of ideas in social policy …