Evolutionary approaches to the concept of drift in policy studies
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DOI: 10.1080/19460171.2017.1414618
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article is a contribution to the emerging line of scholarly inquiry into the concept of drift in the study of public policy. It investigates a persistent problem in the literature on policy drift:… read more here.
Keywords: concept drift; drift; policy; policy studies ... See more keywords
The two Lasswells: implications for critical policy studies
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DOI: 10.1080/19460171.2019.1620622
Abstract: ABSTRACT This contribution would like to discuss Torgeson’s proposal by interrogating the two faces behind Lasswell’s work on the one hand, and the multiple perspectives behind critical policy studies on the other. Paradoxically, answers to… read more here.
Keywords: policy studies; two lasswells; lasswells implications; studies two ... See more keywords
The two faces of institutional innovation: promises and limits of democratic participation in Latin America: (Advances in Critical Policy Studies series), by Leonardo Avritzer, Edward Elgar, 2017 Cheltenham, UK, 169 pp., ISBN: 978 1 78990 427 7
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DOI: 10.1080/19460171.2021.1925567
Abstract: In The Two Faces of Institutional Innovation, Leonardo Avritzer revisits his discussions about democratic innovations in order to offer a nuanced approach to the potential and the dangers of recent... read more here.
Keywords: leonardo avritzer; policy studies; institutional innovation; faces institutional ... See more keywords
Beyond the ‘usual suspects’ – Alternative qualitative methods for innovation policy studies
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DOI: 10.1080/20421338.2018.1537106
Abstract: In this paper we make three points about the current state and promising future directions of qualitative research in our field of innovation policy research. First, we argue that research design and methods are dealt… read more here.
Keywords: research; policy studies; innovation; qualitative methods ... See more keywords
Social Science versus Christian Theology, Reconsidered: The Case of British Social Policy Studies
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DOI: 10.1163/15697320-12341483
Abstract: This paper reconsiders the ‘versus’ relationship between Christian Theology (CT) and social sciences with reference to Social Policy Studies (SPS) in Britain. I argue that the organised scepticism of SPS towards CT, on the grounds… read more here.
Keywords: policy studies; social policy; theology; christian theology ... See more keywords
Externalisation and structural coupling: Applications in comparative policy studies in education
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DOI: 10.1177/1474904120988394
Abstract: The article presents two key concepts of sociological systems theory – externalisation and structural coupling – and applies them to explain (a) the exponential growth of international large-scale student assessments and (b) the rise of… read more here.
Keywords: policy; policy studies; comparative policy; structural coupling ... See more keywords