This Element provides a critical review of existing literature on the role of ideas and
institutions in the politics of public policy with the aim of contributing to the study of the …

This article reviews the literature on the causes of welfare state expansion in democratic
middle‐income countries across the Global South since the 2000s. After discussing …

Pourquoi les projets de développement, les interventions des ONG ou les politiques
publiques nationales sont-ils tous soumis à d'importants écarts entre ce qui était prévu et ce …

Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) are now managed with an eye to managerial trends
associated with transnational professionals, a view that has ramifications for how IGOs …

Background It is imperative that researchers studying medical tourism connect their work
with policy, so that its real-world challenges can be better understood, and more effectively …

Although the diffusion of policy innovations can promote sustainability, how this process can
be accelerated remains unclear. I address this gap by conceptualizing policy transfer and …

The diffusion of liberal economic ideas has been challenged by three global shifts: a bipolar
tilt, nationalism, and climate change. One consequence is that policy norms are originating …

More than 60 countries have implemented a conditional cash transfer (CCT) program. The
predominant CCT narrative begins from programs created in Mexico and Brazil in the mid …

Interest in social protection has grown significantly in Africa over the last two decades. The
rise of social protection is surprising as it is contrary to the dominant narratives of …

The body of research examining the welfare systems of the Global South has expanded, yet
there remains a lack of knowledge regarding the implications of modernising the welfare …