The National Origins of Policy Ideas (ebook)

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"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

"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

"This volume is original. It surpasses other books on the subject by looking at how policy ideas are produced and broadcast, and to what effect. Campbell and Pedersen's concept of 'knowledge regimes' will reengineer our thinking about the underlying ideational mechanisms steering policy and shaping national institutions."--Diane Stone, Murdoch University

"This pathbreaking book challenges how we think about contemporary politics by illuminating the role of 'knowledge regimes' in determining the quality and diversity of policy alternatives on offer. Campbell and Pedersen draw a surprising--and troubling--picture of how policy ideas are hatched and why they vary so greatly across countries. This innovative and lucid book sets a clear agenda for future research."--Frank Dobbin, author of Inventing Equal Opportunity

"A tour de force in breadth and insight. Campbell and Pedersen provide the first empirically grounded study that compares policy-producing institutions across several countries, drawing on a wide reservoir of theoretical work that brings together perspectives from political science and sociology in invaluable ways. The book is a contribution of real significance."--J. Nicholas Ziegler, author of Governing Ideas: Strategies for Innovation in France and Germany

"Important and groundbreaking. This book moves well past the varieties of capitalism literature and the politics and ideas literature to explore the 'knowledge regimes' that produce policy ideas. The empirical contribution is extremely rich and quite distinct from anything else that has been done before. This book is a major accomplishment."--Elizabeth Popp Berman, author of Creating the Market University: How Academic Science Became an Economic Engine

"This is a highly innovative, beautifully researched investigation of a wholly neglected topic written by two major social scientists at the height of their powers. The National Origins of Policy Ideas may well become a classic."--John A. Hall, author of The Importance of Being Civil: The Struggle for Political Decency

John L. Campbell is the Class of 1925 Professor of Sociology at Dartmouth College and professor of political economy at the Copenhagen Business School. Ove K. Pedersen is professor of comparative political economy at the Copenhagen Business School. Their many books include The Rise of Neoliberalism and Institutional Analysis (Princeton).0List 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