Between Ideas, Institutions and Interests
Analysing Third Way Welfare Reform Programmes in Germany and the United Kingdom
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2114952 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonell Hudson (0000-0002-8290-2942, University of York, corresponding author), John Hudson (0000-0001-7323-384X), Gyu-Jin Hwang (The University of Sydney), Stefan Kühner (0000-0001-6598-6526, University of York) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 207-230 |
| Publication date | 2008-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2794 • E-ISSN: 1469-7823 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047279407001717 |
| OpenAlex | W2152701417 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 32 |
This article examines the policy detail of welfare state reform agendas in two countries in which self-proclaimed 'Third Way' governments have been in power - Germany and the United Kingdom - in order to explore the competing influences on social policy of an ostensibly common set of ideas and contrasting institutionalised policy legacies. In so doing, it assesses the analytic utility of Bevir and Rhodes' ideationally rooted interpretive approach against institutionally rooted claims of path dependency. It concludes that while the interpretive approach rightly stresses the need for a stronger focus on ideas as an explanation for policy change, the detail of actual Third Way policy reforms can only be understood from within the two nations' institutionalised policy legacies. In addition, it argues that policy networks have had a considerable influence on reform trajectories too. The article advocates a closer synthesis of perspectives centred around ideas, interests and institutions in order to further our understanding of processes of policy change
Economic system · Economics · Kingdom · Order (exchange) · Path dependency · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Social policy · Sociology · State (computer science) · Welfare · Welfare state · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,53 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2023 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |