Description
Book SynopsisProvides the comparative analysis of how "knowledge regimes" - communities of policy research organizations like think tanks, political party foundations, ad hoc commissions, and state research offices, and the institutions that govern them - generate ideas and communicate them to policymakers.
Trade Review"The historical and comparative analytical approach, further strengthened by elite interviews and archival research, reveals the following country-specific characteristics of knowledge regimes: heterogeneity of ideas, self-critical attitude, comparatively uniform and analytical sophistication, and a nonideological and inclusive approach."--Choice "The book is an important contribution that opens up new ways of thinking about the production of policy ideas as well as analytical strategies for systematic empirical research... The National Origins of Policy Ideas brings our understanding of knowledge regimes to a new level."--Daniel Nohrstedt, Public Administration
Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures ix List of Acronyms xi Preface xvii Chapter 1: Knowledge Regimes and the National Origins of Policy Ideas 1 Part I: The Political Economy of Knowledge Regimes 37 Chapter 2: The Paradox of Partisanship in the United States 39 Chapter 3: The Decline of Dirigisme in France 84 Chapter 4: Coordination and Compromise in Germany 129 Chapter 5: The Nature of Negotiation in Denmark 172 Reprise: Initial Reflections on the National Cases 215 Part II: Issues of Similarity and Impact 231 Chapter 6: Limits of Convergence 233 Chapter 7: Questions of Influence 276 Part III: Conclusions 323 Chapter 8: Summing Up and Normative Implications 325 Postscript: An Agenda for Future Research 332 Appendix: Research Design and Methods 343 References 357 Index 375
