Institutional shifts and punctuated patterns in digital policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4936039 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Inke Torfs (0000-0003-2290-0491, Ghent University, corresponding author), Ellen Wayenberg (0000-0003-3357-1291, Ghent University), Lieselot Danneels (0000-0002-9235-2817, Ghent University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 363-388 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Policy Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1541-132X • E-ISSN: 1541-1338 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ropr.12507 |
| OpenAlex | W4307562889 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 81 |
While digital policies provide significant value within contemporary governance, not many governments' digital policies are adapted to rapidly changing technologies and associated expectations. The limited adaptability can be explained by governments' focus on institutional shifts as an instrument to generate policy changes. Therefore, this article examines the impact of institutional shifts on digital policy by leveraging the Punctuated Equilibrium Theory (PET) as a lens to explore the Belgian federal government between 2000 and 2020. This is done through performing a distributional application of the PET and an explaining-outcome congruence case study. The results highlight the role of institutional shifts in directing digital policy, but also underscore the importance of other factors (i.e., policy image, attention allocation and/or structure of the political system) and the presence of policy entrepreneurs to explain the (in)stability of digital policy
Adaptability · Corporate governance · Economics · Government (linguistics · Institutional theory · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Punctuated equilibrium · Social science · Sociology · E-Government and Public Services · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research
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| Citations per year | 4 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |