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Marketization in Public Purchasing as a Route to Business Corporations' Institutional Power: The Case of Outsourcing Social Services in Israel

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT What are the conditions under which business corporations expand their institutional power? This paper argues that institutional power is affected by the architecture of the “acquisition regime”—the set of formal (and informal) rules that govern how states purchase public services.
Reut Marciano, Shir Gal
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Using Cultural Theory to Specify the Policy Actors, Belief Systems, and Sources of Coalition, Conflict, Stability, and Change in Policy Advocacy Coalitions and Environmental Resource Policies

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We use grid‐group cultural theory (CT) to specify underspecified aspects of the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF). Our theoretical synthesis of CT and the ACF provides, first, an exhaustive typology of policy actors and their cultural cognitive biases that entail, guide, and constrain policy core beliefs about problem definitions and ...
Metodi Sotirov, Brendon Swedlow
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TEORIAS POLÍTICAS TRADICIONAIS E TEORIA CRÍTICA [PDF]

Lua Nova: Revista de Cultura e Política, 2017
Resumo Este artigo defende, primeiramente, a ideia de que toda e qualquer teoria política é intrínseca e inevitavelmente normativa, mesmo quando afirma ser meramente descritiva e empírica. Ao fazer isso, o artigo estabelece uma diferença central entre teorias normativas “externalistas” e teorias normativas que assumem uma posição de crítica imanente ...
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How Different Patterns of Policy Attention Drive Policy Diffusion: Evidence From China's River Chief System

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite extensive research on policy diffusion, the ways in which policy attention influences this process remain underexplored. This study addressed this gap by distinguishing between three types of policy attention—political speeches, policy issuance and field visits—and investigating their differential impacts when delivered by central and ...
Xiangning Chen, Yahua Wang
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Teoria przekładu (Przedmiot, problematyka, miejsce wśród innych nauk)

Vox Patrum, 1987
Die sich rasch entwickelnde Theorie des Ubersetzens kann schon jetzt, wie es scheint, als eine selbstandige wissenschaftliche Disziplin gelten.
Michał Kaczmarkowski
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Implementation Punctuation: The Role of Feedback, Narratives, and Implementation in the Punctuated Equilibrium Theory

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Based on the Punctuated Equilibrium Theory (PET) and implementation research, this study proposes an extended conceptualization of policy punctuation that enables researchers to systematically include policy implementation as part of a punctuation. The key mechanisms underlying the PET, i.e., policy image and venue, information processing, and
Bettina Stauffer
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El Proyecto Histelea: nuevas aperturas teóricas y desafíos metodológicos (The Histelea Project: New Theoretical Openings and Methodological Challenges) (Le projet Histelea: nouvelles perspectives théoriques et défis méthodologiques) (O Projeto Histelea: novas aberturas teóricas e desafios metodológicos) [PDF]

Magis: Revista Internacional de Investigación en Educación, 2011
ResumenEl artículo reflexiona sobre las bases teórico-metodológicas del Proyecto Histelea: historia social de la enseñanza de la lectura y escritura en Argentina, desde sus primeras formulaciones, historiza la propuesta de redefinición del objeto de ...
Héctor Rubén Cucuzza
doaj  

A Teoria do Equilíbrio Dinâmico em Geomorfologia

GEOUSP: Espaço e Tempo, 2015
O objetivo deste artigo é melhor apreender e explicar, em toda sua complexidade, a teoria do equilíbrio dinâmico, que tem sido utilizada na geografia a muitos anos.
Marisa Matos Fierz
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Unpacking Welfare Deservingness Theory: Evidence From the Perceived Deservingness of Gig Workers

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The theory of welfare deservingness provides valuable insights into the social legitimacy of welfare programs and the principles underlying policy design. In examining the question of who deserves what and why, established deservingness criteria emphasize that individuals demonstrating motivation to work (“reciprocity”) are typically perceived
Juhyun Bae
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Authority Versus Competition: Intergovernmental Interactions and Subnational Policy Adoption in Climate Policy

Review of Policy Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the face of increasingly complex environmental challenges, subnational governments play a critical role in implementing climate policies. This study investigates how intergovernmental interactions—specifically formal authority interactions and informal competitive interactions—shape the adoption of climate policies by Chinese provincial ...
Shiming Zheng, Alex Jingwei He, Yujie He
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