1st Edition
European and North American Policy Change Drivers and Dynamics
1. Introduction: The Multidimensional World of Policy Dynamics Part I - Evaluating Existing Frameworks and Models: Empirical Tests of Multiple Models 2. Explaining the policy impact of the 1991 and the 2000 firework blasts in the Netherlands by the core of five policy change models 3. What Explains Policy Change in Tobacco Control Policy in Advanced Industrial Democracies? Part II - Domestic Drivers of Policy Change 4. "Beyond Continuity": Coalitional dynamics as drivers of gradual transformative policy change 5. Ideational Leadership and Structural Policy Change: Comparing German Welfare State Reforms 6. The Determinants of Policy Change: Advancing the Debate 7. The Influence of Public Opinion on Policy Dynamics: Exploring the determinants of change in European Policy-Making 8. Specifying the Role of Political Leadership in Energy Policy Change, 1975 – 2006 Part IV - International Drivers of Policy Change 9. Internationalization, Policy Networks and Policy Paradigm Change: The Case of Agriculture 10. International NGOs as Drivers of Policy Change: The World Bank and Pension Reforms 11. Conclusion: A Research Agenda for Policy Dynamics
Biography
Giliberto Capano is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Bologna, Forlì Campus. He specializes in public policy analysis, Italian legislative behaviour, public administration, and comparative higher education.
Michael Howlett is Burnaby Mountain Professor in the Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada. He specializes in public policy analysis, Canadian political economy, and resource and environmental policy.
