Scholarship on elites and foreign policy has made important advances in identifying who
elites are, what elites want, and how elites influence foreign policy. This review assesses …

▪ Abstract The study of the European Union (EU) has been transformed during the past
decade, and three distinct theoretical approaches have emerged. The first approach, which …

Changing Welfare States is is a major new examination of the wave of social reform that has
swept across Europe over the past two decades. In a comparative fashion, it analyses reform …

Once the exclusive preserve of member states, international organizations have become
increasingly open in recent decades. Now virtually all international organizations at some …

Starting from the observation that the European Union now possesses many of the attributes
of modern political systems, Hix and Høyland take an innovative approach to analysing …

This article studies how institutional dynamics might affect and be affected by the
implementation of climate-related financial policies. First, we propose a three-dimensional …

This article discusses the recent literature on policy diffusion and puts forward a new
articulation of its political dimensions. Policy diffusion means that policies in one unit …

This article argues that the literatures on policy transfer and policy diffusion are
complimentary, but need to focus more clearly on five key issues drawing insights from both …

Abstract Giandomenico Majone and Andrew Moravcsik have argued that the EU does not
suffer a 'democratic deficit'. We disagree about one key element: whether a democratic polity …

Monetary policy operations in corporate security markets confront central banks with choices
that are traditionally perceived to be the prerogative of governments. This article investigates …