The recent ideational turn in political science and public administration implies that ideas
matter. Ideas are an essential explanatory concept for understanding policy changes and …

In many countries throughout the EU recent planning reforms have reduced the possibilities
for comprehensive and long-term planning. This paper explores the factors that explain why …

The issue of animal welfare has attracted much attention in Australia in recent decades.
Activists and welfare organisations have become increasingly vigorous in promoting a new …

This volume seeks to contribute to the ongoing conversation among policy scholars on the
subject of policy paradigms. It provides a window into the research frontier of policy …

“Ideas,” which are defined as the normative and cognitive beliefs of actors, are fundamental
to a full understanding of the welfare state and, in particular, of social assistance. However …

Science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy experienced farreaching changes with
regard to both political aims and the underlying rationales. Drawing on the concept of policy …

In public policy scholarship on policy design, emotions are still treated as opposed to goals,
and their presence is assumed to signal that things have gone wrong. We argue, however …

The European Union (EU) has sought to establish itself as a global environmental leader but
was hit by the combined effects of the economic and financial crisis from 2007-8 leading …

Whether as a subfield of political science or as a discipline in its own right, policy studies
have come a long way since Harold Lasswell's seminal work on the policy cycle (Howlett & …

Recognition that welfare states continue to change has fostered debate about the
relationship between ideas and policy problems in driving governments towards reform. To …