作者：Jacobs, Alan M.; Weaver, R. Kent
作者单位：University of British Columbia; Georgetown University
摘要：Most studies of policy feedback have focused on processes of self-reinforcement through which programs bolster their own bases of political support and endure or expand over time. This article develops a theoretical framework for identifying feedback mechanisms through which policies can become self-undermining over time, increasing the likelihood of a major change in policy orientation. We conceptualize and illustrate three types of self-undermining feedback mechanisms that we expect to opera...
作者：Baekgaard, Martin; Blom-Hansen, Jens; Serritzlew, Soren
作者单位：Aarhus University
摘要：For three decades, the politics matters literature has found that political ideology is an important explanation of public policy. However, this literature systematically fails to include the influence of the bureaucracy. In fact, it is almost impossible to identify a single study in this literature that controls for the influence of the permanent bureaucracy. In this article, we investigate whether politics still matters when bureaucratic preferences are taken into account. We do this in a si...
作者：Schiavo-Campo, Salvatore
