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 …

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 …

Seeking to amend historical institutionalism, this article draws on the political science
literature on ideas and the sociological literature on framing to discuss three ways in which …

Since the beginning of the 1980s, historical institutionalism has emerged as one of the most
influential theoretical perspectives in social policy studies. Although their work is insightful …

This article maps out the field of study known as discursive institutionalism while exploring
the range of ways in which scholars in this field explain the dynamics of change (and …

RÉSUMÉ La Nouvelle Gestion publique est apparue dans les laboratoires d'idées néo-
libérales des années 1970. Même si elle ne constitue pas la version la plus radicale des …

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 …

Even though egalitarian gender values are increasingly spreading among younger
Europeans, division of labour does not always comply with this trend. Traditional theories of …