{"product_id":"the-national-origins-of-policy-ideas-9780691161167","title":"The National Origins of Policy Ideas","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvides 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList 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","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403804942679,"sku":"9780691161167","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691161167.jpg?v=1730484597","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-national-origins-of-policy-ideas-9780691161167","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}