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作者:Bulmer, S; Burch, M
作者单位:University of Manchester
摘要:In this paper we review - from a UK perspective - how the UK government and its policy process have adapted to European integration. Has adaptation been a quiet revolution, a step-change, or both? In exploring this question we draw upon the conceptual literature of Europeanization. We employ it to shed light on the longer-term pattern of UK adaptation as well as to put into context the domestic changes currently under way. Our argument is that a step-change is under way in the Europeanization ...
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作者:Guillén, AM
作者单位:University of Oviedo
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作者:McEwen, N
作者单位:University of Edinburgh
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作者:Jones, GW
作者单位:University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
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作者:Mortensen, PB
作者单位:Aarhus University
摘要:The central prediction in Baumgartner and Jones' (1993) punctuated equilibrium theory is that over time, public policy will be characterized by a certain pattern of stability now and then interrupted by punctuations. This paper extends the study of punctuated equilibrium theory in two ways. First, I examine whether this prediction is met in a non-US-based political system like Danish local government. Second, I conduct a comparative investigation of stability and punctuations in four public po...
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作者:Andersen, SC
作者单位:Aarhus University
摘要:Much governance literature deals with the limited capacity of the state and the market to govern core state welfare services such as education, scientific research and healthcare. Rather less attention has been focused on how the outcome of these services can be improved politically. An analysis of Niklas Luhmann's systems theory (Luhmann 1997a, 2000) leads to the hypothesis that self-governance, that is, a combination of professional autonomy and public peer-evaluation, is a superior strategy...
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作者:Jones, GW
作者单位:University of London; London School Economics & Political Science