The times at which seriously consequential decisions will be made, setting a policy along a path that is hard to reverse (i.e. path dependency).
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and all that…
Donnelly, P. and Hogan, J. 2012. Understanding policy change using a critical junctures theory in Comparative Context: The Cases of Ireland and Sweden. Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 40 (2), pp. 324-50.
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