Mendez, Carlos (2012) Clouds, clocks and policy dynamics: a path (inter) dependent analysis of EU cohesion policy. Policy and Politics, 40 (2). pp. 153-170. ISSN 0305-5736
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Recognising the limitations of existing conceptualisations of path dependence, this article advances a ‘path-interdependent’ approach to account for endogenous policy change by incorporating a more central role for agency through learning and problem-solving mechanisms. Additionally, it argues that monolithic conceptualisations of institutions should be unpacked to reveal their configurative elements. In doing so, attention is drawn to the way in which intra-policy dynamics may generate pressures for change and to the possibility for the mutual existence and co-evolution of continuity and change. These arguments are illustrated empirically through two cases of radical reform in European Union (EU)) cohesion policy.
| Item type: | Article |
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| ID code: | 38641 |
| Keywords: | EU cohesion policy, Historical Instituionalism, Path dependence, Political institutions (Europe) |
| Subjects: | Political Science > Political institutions (Europe) |
| Department: | Faculty of Humanities And Social Sciences > European Polocies Research Centre |
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| Depositing user: | Pure Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Mar 2012 16:15 |
| Last modified: | 03 May 2012 11:52 |
| URI: | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/38641 |
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