Clouds, clocks and policy dynamics

A path-(inter)dependent analysis of EU cohesion policy

Bibliographic Data

ID6327113
AuthorsCarlos Mendez (0000-0001-7109-4444, University of Strathclyde, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume40
Issue2
Pages153-170
Publication date2012-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolicy & Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442
PublisherBristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/030557311x560680
OpenAlexW2075170831
LanguageEN
Citations received5

Recognising the limitations of existing conceptualisations of path dependence, this article advances a ‘path-interdependent’ approach to account for endogenous policy change by incorporating a more central role for agency through learning and problem-solving mechanisms. Additionally, it argues that monolithic conceptualisations of institutions should be unpacked to reveal their configurative elements. In doing so, attention is drawn to the way in which intra-policy dynamics may generate pressures for change and to the possibility for the mutual existence and co-evolution of continuity and change. These arguments are illustrated empirically through two cases of radical reform in European Union (EU) cohesion policy

Agency (philosophy · Cohesion (chemistry · Dynamics (music · Economic system · Economics · European union · Interdependence · International economics · Microeconomics · Path (computing · Path dependence · Physics · Policy learning · Political science · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · Structure and agency · Computer Science · European Union Policy and Governance · Political Systems and Governance · Regional Development and Policy

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