How ideas matter in public policy: a review of concepts, mechanisms, and methods

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 decision-making processes. The aim of the paper is to specify how ideas matter as a variable in public policy research,...

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Main Author: Marij Swinkels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: OpenEdition 2020-12-01
Series:International Review of Public Policy
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/irpp/1343