Elites, Ideas, and the Evolution of Public Policy

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Seen from the outside, the world of politics and policy-making seems to be in constant flux. Combining theoretical analysis with primary research, this book brings new light to the neglected problem of why individuals with a vested interest in current policies nevertheless promote reform.

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

The Problem of Policy Change

• William Genieys, Marc Smyrl

Competing Elites, Legitimate Authority, Structured Ideas

• William Genieys, Marc Smyrl

Interests in Question

• William Genieys, Marc Smyrl

Elite Actors and Policy Innovation

• William Genieys, Marc Smyrl

Reasserting Control

• William Genieys, Marc Smyrl

Preemptive Adaptation

• William Genieys, Marc Smyrl

Accounting for Change: The Role of Programmatic Elites

• William Genieys, Marc Smyrl

Back Matter

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'Elites, Ideas, and the Evolution of Public Policy offers an extremely interesting analysis and persuasive argument, and should be widely read among students, scholars and practitioners of public policy.' - Political Studies Review

About the authors

WILLIAM GENIEYS is a CNRS Senior Research Fellow at the Centre d'Etude du Politique en Europe Latine at the University of Montpellier, France.

MARC SMYRL is a lecturer in political science, University of Denver, USA; visiting professor and research fellow Centre d'Etude du Politique en Europe Latine at the University of Montpellier, France.

Bibliographic Information

• Book Title : Elites, Ideas, and the Evolution of Public Policy
• Authors : William Genieys, Marc Smyrl
• Series Title : Political Evolution and Institutional Change
• DOI : https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230612990
• Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan New York
• eBook Packages : Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection , Political Science and International Studies (R0)
• Copyright Information : Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2008
• Hardcover ISBN : 978-0-230-60594-7 Published: 21 July 2008
• eBook ISBN : 978-0-230-61299-0 Published: 30 April 2016
• Series ISSN : 2945-6452
• Series E-ISSN : 2945-6460
• Edition Number : 1
• Number of Pages : XX, 208
• Topics : Public Policy , Political Theory , Political Philosophy , International Relations , Political Science