Ideas, Interests, and Institutions
Challenging the Property Rights Paradigm in Botswana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6264669 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amy R Poteete (0000-0002-7017-8731, University of New Orleans, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 527-557 |
| Publication date | 2003-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Governance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-1895 • E-ISSN: 1468-0491 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-0491.00227 |
| OpenAlex | W2058040443 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 43 |
Recent work in international studies and comparative politics scrutinizes the relative importance of ideas, interests, and institutions as sources of policy change. A growing body of scholarship identifies ideas as the main causal factors, influencing perceived interests as well as perceived policy options. Others contend that policies can best be understood as products of institutions. Neither explanation can account for both policy choice by politicians and the implementation strategies of administrators. In Botswana, the use of professional criteria for hiring and advancement encourages adherence to international professional norms within the bureaucracy, but electoral competition gives politicians more reason to be attentive to local political concerns. The institutions that define relations of authority among actors with different motivations shape the outcomes of policy choice and implementation. Institutions influence the attentiveness of policy‐makers to ideas when making decisions, the degree of attention particular policy‐makers give to ideas from particular sources, and the degree of acceptance that ideas must achieve to affect policy. Better evaluations of political development can be achieved through attentiveness to the mix of actors involved in policy decisions, the diversity of institutions and ideas that affect their policy preferences, and the relations of authority that shape their relative influence over policy choice and implementation
Affect (linguistics · Bureaucracy · Competition (biology · Diversity (politics · Political science · Politics · Property rights · Public relations · Scholarship · Sociology · Work (physics · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · International Development and Aid · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Public Administration
Ideas, Institutions, and Interests
Switzerland
Private and Common Property Rights
Oiling the bureaucracy? political spending, bureaucrats and the resource curse
The Trump administration and China
Activating the “Big Man
Defining Political Community and Rights to Natural Resources in Botswana
Rethinking Patrimonialism and Neopatrimonialism in Africa
Ideas, interests, and American trade policy
Ideas and Institutions
An African miracle
Dividing the commons
Governing the Commons
Structure and Process, Politics and Policy
Political Institutions
Land Tenure Reform in East Africa
Common Property Externalities
Land and society in contemporary Africa
The Question of the commons
Making the commons work
Policy change and learning
Halting Degradation of Natural Resources
Living with Uncertainty
Comparative Politics
The Political Power of Economic Ideas
Mirages of pastoralist futures
Understanding government and opposition parties in Botswana
Indigenous land rights in sub-Saharan Africa
An advocacy coalition framework of policy change and the role of policy-oriented learning therein
The Property Right Paradigm
African Successes
The Joint‐decision Trap
The Ideological Determinants of Liberal Economic Reform
Institutions, Veto Points, and Policy Results
Introduction
Learning from Abroad
Bureaucrats and the Environment in Africa
Reconsidering State and Society in Africa
When Do Ideas Matter
Bureaucrats, Cattle, and Public Policy
Decision Making in Political Systems
Botswana
Conservation in Africa—people, policies and practice
Policy Paradigms, Social Learning, and the State
Land Tenure and Investment in African Agriculture
When Professionalism Clashes with Local Particularities
The October 1994 elections in Botswana
The Environment and Ecology of Pastoralists in Arid Savannas
Cycles of conventional wisdom on economic development
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,42 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2023 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |