The Enlightenment Function and Dimensions of Time
Evolutionary Theory and Limits of Privatisation in British Trunk Roads Policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12607487 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geoffrey Dudley (0000-0001-7489-7672, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 389-408 |
| Publication date | 2004-07-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Politics and International Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-1481 • E-ISSN: 1467-856X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-856x.2004.00146.x |
| OpenAlex | W2005975215 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 23 |
The evolutionary model provides important insights into the causal mechanisms of policy change. This works particularly through the notion that the introduction and success or failure of new ideas is a key element in instigating these policy change processes. The survival of an idea is also dependent on key temporal and spatial factors. An idea therefore urgently requires a method of propagation in order to reproduce itself. One means of this idea transmission is through the ‘enlightenment function’, whereby an effective policy network may gradually alter the assumptions and idea ‘images' of policy makers over time. For example, the interrelationships between ideas, established epistemic communities and time emerge as key variables in determining the enlightenment function in implementation arenas. Time emerges as a vital multi-dimensional independent variable, and in one crucial dimension approximates with a state of readiness as outlined in Vickers' appreciative system. The article employs the case study of the limits of the privatisation idea in British trunk roads policy, and concludes that, even in seeking stability, actors tend to generate unpredictable change
Computer security · Dimension (graph theory · Economics · Element (criminal law · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Function (biology · Key (lock · Order (exchange · Political science · Positive economics · Restructuring · Scottish Enlightenment · Sociology · Stability (learning theory · Variable (mathematics · Computer Science · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Mathematics · Urban Planning and Governance
Policy change and learning
Agendas, alternatives, and public policies
Privatization Under Mrs. Thatcher
Studying British Government
Saved from Extinction
Keeping it Real! Evolution in Political Science
How Not to Use Evolutionary Theory in Politics
Evolution in Political Science
Ideas and Interests; Agendas and Implementation
The Uses and Abuses of Evolutionary Theory in Political Science
Ideas, bargaining and flexible policy communities
Transport and the Environment
Government, Interest Groups and Policy Change
Paving the Way
Arenas without Rules and the Policy Change Process
Opposition to Road-Building
Transplanting ideas in policy networks
Why does policy change over time? Adversarial policy communities, alternative policy arenas, and British trunk roads policy 1945–95
Introduction
Policy Paradigms, Social Learning, and the State
Environmental groups and the EC
Our common future
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2007 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |