History and Context in Comparative Public Policy.

Through a series of essays, this volume argues that every political system is based on a substratum of shared intentions, meanings, and rules of conduct embedded in a culture.

Библиографические подробности
Главный автор: Ashford, Douglas E.
Формат: Licensed eBooks
Язык:английский
Опубликовано: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992.
Online-ссылка:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.12381765
Оглавление:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • Part I
  • In Search of Time
  • 2. Historical Context and Policy Studies
  • 3. Social Thought and Social Action: The ""Dicey Problem"" and the Role of Ideas in English Social Policy
  • 4. Marxism and Institutional Analysis: Working-Class Strength and Welfare Satte Development in Sweden
  • 5. The Soft State: Making Policy in a Different Context
  • Part II
  • In Search of Context
  • 6. Interpretive Analysis and Policy Studies
  • 7. Deomocaratic Social Engineering: Karl Popper, Political Theory, and Policy Analysis
  • 8. Functionalism and Policy Studies
  • 9. Welfare Ideologies and State Policies: British Oppositions
  • 10. Policy Constitution Through Discourse: Discourse Transformations and the Modern State in Central Europe
  • 11. Political Science and Policy Studies
  • Part III
  • In Search of Agency
  • 12. Parties, Politics and Democratic Choice
  • 13. Public Policy and Public Bureaucracy
  • 14. Ordaining Powers: Rediscovering the State Through Policy Studies
  • 15. Conclusion: The Policy Connection: Subject or Object?
  • Notes on Contributors