Do policies develop like scientific paradigms? On occupational safety and health legislation in Finland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6259340 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Guy Ahonen (0000-0002-3708-0783, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 305-319 |
| Publication date | 1986-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Political Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0304-4130 • E-ISSN: 1475-6765 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1475-6765.1986.tb00837.x |
| OpenAlex | W2076894028 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
The article adds to the attempts to describe and explain legislation as an extended process. The case of Finnish labour protection policy is used as an illustration. It is argued that the labour protection policy is pursued in accordance with an established labour protection paradigm, which consists of the way of cognitively structuring the safety and health problem, of the accepted methods to deal with the problem and of the values underlying the policy. It is argued that the Finnish labour protection paradigm does not correspond with the real function of labour protection. Generally, the paper suggests that the paradigm‐nature of public policies implies an inherent conservatism, allowing only partial adaption to social and political change
Conservatism · Economics · Function (biology · Law and economics · Legislation · Political science · Politics · Process (computing · Public economics · Social protection · Structuring · Computer Science · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Law · Public Health Policies and Education · Regulation and Compliance Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.06 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 1996 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |