Subversion In Institutional Change And Stability

Author : Jan Olsson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349949221
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Subversion in Institutional Change and Stability written by Jan Olsson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-13 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book theorizes subversive action, a neglected mechanism in the new institutionalism literature. Subversive action is political in nature, secretly undermining some institutions to open up alternative ideas or to secure existing institutions by secretly undermining adversaries. An example is a politician who promises change in public, but does something else behind the scenes to preserve the status quo. The book addresses the nature and meaning of subversive action and the contexts that give rise to it, as well as how it can work as an important mechanism behind institutional change and continuity. The book will interest students and scholars of public policy, public administration and political science.

Author : Erik Hysing
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319567233
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Green Inside Activism for Sustainable Development written by Erik Hysing and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers how public sector institutions can be transformed to better support sustainable development by exploring the concept of green inside activism and its importance for institutional change. The phenomenon of inside activism has been shown to be crucial for green policy change and this book focuses on public officials as green inside activists, committed to green values and engaged in social movement, acting strategically from inside public administration to change public policy and institutions in line with such value commitment. The book theorizes how green inside activism can contribute to a more sustainable development through institutional change. This theorizing builds on and relates to highly relevant theoretical arguments in the existing literature. The authors also consider the legitimacy of inside activism and how it can be reconciled with democratic ideals. This innovative work will appeal to students and scholars of public policy, political science and environmental politics.

Author : B. Guy Peters
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786437937
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Institutional Theory in Political Science, Fourth Edition written by B. Guy Peters and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Institutional theory plays a significant role in contemporary political science. As in the previous editions, the new fourth edition provides an overview of the major institutional approaches in the discipline, as well as considering the possibility of a more integrated institutional theory. This edition also contains two new chapters. One assesses the role of informal institutions and their linkages with formal structures of governing. The second new chapter provides a detailed discussion of the processes of institutionalization and deinstitutionalization.

Author : Peters, B. G.
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839106603
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Research Handbook of Policy Design written by Peters, B. G. and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04-08 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This visionary Research Handbook presents the state of the art in research on policy design. By conceiving policy design both as a theoretical and a methodological framework, it provides scholars and practitioners with guidance on understanding policy problems and devising accurate solutions.

Author : Luigi Curini
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1526486393
Total Pages : 1861 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The SAGE Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science and International Relations written by Luigi Curini and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2020-04-09 with total page 1861 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The SAGE Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science and International Relations offers a comprehensive overview of research processes in social science — from the ideation and design of research projects, through the construction of theoretical arguments, to conceptualization, measurement, & data collection, and quantitative & qualitative empirical analysis — exposited through 65 major new contributions from leading international methodologists. Each chapter surveys, builds upon, and extends the modern state of the art in its area. Following through its six-part organization, undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and practicing academics will be guided through the design, methods, and analysis of issues in Political Science and International Relations: Part One: Formulating Good Research Questions & Designing Good Research Projects Part Two: Methods of Theoretical Argumentation Part Three: Conceptualization & Measurement Part Four: Large-Scale Data Collection & Representation Methods Part Five: Quantitative-Empirical Methods Part Six: Qualitative & "Mixed" Methods

Author : B. Guy Peters
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198297254
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Administrative Traditions written by B. Guy Peters and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines contemporary public administration and its historical roots, and how those traditions continue to influence administrative behaviour.

Author : Jon Pierre
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1349938599
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Governance, Politics and the State written by Jon Pierre and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having started out as a new and alternative way of thinking about policy making and governing more broadly, governance is now established as a dominant paradigm in understanding national, subnational and global politics. The long-awaited second edition of this textbook takes into account the significant growth and proliferation of the field in recent years and offers a state of the art introduction to how governance is being theorised and studied today. Written by two leading political scientists, Governance, Politics and the State considers how societies are being, and can be, steered in a complex world where states must increasingly interact with and influence other actors and institutions to achieve results. It is a valuable book for all students of governance. New to this Edition: - A fully updated and revised set of chapters, including four new chapters – on multilevel governance, global governance, metagovernance and populism and governance. - A postscript on how to study governance

Author : Stanisław Mazur
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000050254
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Administration in Central Europe written by Stanisław Mazur and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the extent to which recent transformations of administrative systems and public management mechanisms in Central European (CE) countries serve the purpose of providing effective and efficient public institutions, high quality of public services, respect for the rule of law, and the citizens’ trust in the state. It details the reasons behind the major differences in the modernisation paths followed and their attendant inconsistencies and how, despite the adoption of values and solutions prevailing in the EU upon accession, these countries are shifting, to varying degrees, towards institutional design reminiscent of illiberal democracies. Taking a comparative approach and based on rich original data, it applies theoretical models to explain the nature and implications of the processes under consideration and identifies the determinants that impact upon the transformation of public administration systems and its consequences. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of public governance, public administration and policy, East European studies, and more broadly politics, law, sociology but also economy.

Author : James Mahoney
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139483986
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Explaining Institutional Change written by James Mahoney and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-10-30 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contributes to emerging debates in political science and sociology on institutional change. Its introductory essay proposes a new framework for analyzing incremental change that is grounded in a power-distributional view of institutions and that emphasizes ongoing struggles within but also over prevailing institutional arrangements. Five empirical essays then bring the general theory to life by evaluating its causal propositions in the context of sustained analyses of specific instances of incremental change. These essays range widely across substantive topics and across times and places, including cases from the United States, Africa, Latin America, and Asia. The book closes with a chapter reflecting on the possibilities for productive exchange in the analysis of change among scholars associated with different theoretical approaches to institutions.

Author : Michael W. Bauer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009021044
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Democratic Backsliding and Public Administration written by Michael W. Bauer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-26 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liberal democracy is at risk. Its hallmark institutions – political pluralism, separation of powers, and rule of law—are coming under pressure, as authoritarian sentiment is growing around the globe. While liberal-democratic backsliding features prominently in social science scholarship, especially the branches concerned with political parties and political behavior, public administration research lags behind. However, without considering illiberal approaches towards the executive, efforts of actual and aspiring authoritarians remain only partly understood. State bureaucracies are, after all, important instruments of power. This timely and important volume addresses the administrative implications of liberal-democratic backsliding. It studies public administrations as objects and subjects in the context of illiberal dynamics. For this purpose, the volume brings together an international group of scholars to analyze authoritarian tendencies in several countries. The contributions combine theoretical with empirical work, providing the first comparative perspective on an overlooked aspect of one of the most important contemporary political trends.