The field of comparative politics has begun to take seriously the role of ideas in politics, but to date this interest has not clearly specified the conditions under which ideas influence public pol-icy. The author develops an integrated framework that shows ideas about policy goals and instru-ments are most influential when they do not attract substantial opposition from voters and inter-est groups and when political institutions concentrate decision-making authority. The author tests this framework by examining the fates of three ideas, facing different degrees of societal opposition and concentrated authority, adopted by the first Thatcher government in Britain
'Ideas' have for long been treated as separate from 'ordinary politics'. But it is increasingly diff...
Abstract Much of the extant literature on Thatcherism sees the approach of Thatcher and her Governme...
There is a familiar analysis of the 1970s in Britain, of a country locked in decline, paralysed by r...
That ideas matter in politics is beyond question. Knowledge, ignorance, and uncertainty frequently m...
The recent ideational turn in political science and public administration implies that ideas matter....
The recent ideational turn in political science and public administration implies that ideas matter....
The recent ideational turn in political science and public administration implies that ideas matter....
To ‘take ideas seriously’ is to recognise the symbiotic relationship between power and the role of i...
The purpose of this paper is to study how the conservatism have changed in the conservative party in...
This thesis is an historical study of the formation of Thatcherite economic thinking and policymakin...
We develop a conceptual framework to highlight the role of ideas as a catalyst for policy and instit...
Throughout the last couple of decades, scholars have increasingly emphasized the importance of polit...
This thesis is an historical study of the formation of Thatcherite economic thinking and policymakin...
Abstract. Thatcherism is presented as an ideological project, seeking to reorient public attitudes i...
In January 1979, Stuart Hall claimed to have identified a new ‘radical Right’ ideology he termed ‘Th...
'Ideas' have for long been treated as separate from 'ordinary politics'. But it is increasingly diff...
Abstract Much of the extant literature on Thatcherism sees the approach of Thatcher and her Governme...
There is a familiar analysis of the 1970s in Britain, of a country locked in decline, paralysed by r...
That ideas matter in politics is beyond question. Knowledge, ignorance, and uncertainty frequently m...
The recent ideational turn in political science and public administration implies that ideas matter....
The recent ideational turn in political science and public administration implies that ideas matter....
The recent ideational turn in political science and public administration implies that ideas matter....
To ‘take ideas seriously’ is to recognise the symbiotic relationship between power and the role of i...
The purpose of this paper is to study how the conservatism have changed in the conservative party in...
This thesis is an historical study of the formation of Thatcherite economic thinking and policymakin...
We develop a conceptual framework to highlight the role of ideas as a catalyst for policy and instit...
Throughout the last couple of decades, scholars have increasingly emphasized the importance of polit...
This thesis is an historical study of the formation of Thatcherite economic thinking and policymakin...
Abstract. Thatcherism is presented as an ideological project, seeking to reorient public attitudes i...
In January 1979, Stuart Hall claimed to have identified a new ‘radical Right’ ideology he termed ‘Th...
'Ideas' have for long been treated as separate from 'ordinary politics'. But it is increasingly diff...
Abstract Much of the extant literature on Thatcherism sees the approach of Thatcher and her Governme...
There is a familiar analysis of the 1970s in Britain, of a country locked in decline, paralysed by r...