Day two of my new policy about writing what I read. a) highlight interesting theory/facts b) relate the reading to other (academic) reading, and c) how it helps me move forward on my Thesis, (Handing Over M-phatically August/September (’17) (Thomas). This paper below came via my supervisor and it is bloody fantastic. Smink,... Continue Reading →
Two Lewises and the America Empire. Oh, and resonance machines…
So, new policy. Stuff that gets read while I walk around the park with a backpack full of books and weights [walk in the park], gets written up before I am allowed to do any more reading. And the job is to try to a) highlight interesting theory/facts b) relate the reading to other (academic)... Continue Reading →
#Awalkinthepark – think tanks, discursive institutionalism institutional logic
Right, so here are four more things (a couple of them very short) Ladl, S. 2011. Think Tanks, Discursive Institutionalism and Policy Change. In Papanagnou, G. (ed) Social Science and Policy Challenges: Democracy, Values and Capacities. UNESCO Publishing. Pp. 205-220. Tolbert, P. and Zucker, P. 1999. The Institutionalization of Institutional Theory. In Clegg S. and... Continue Reading →
#Awalkinthepark – discursive institutionalism yet again
Four papers here, the fourth of which doesn’t quite ‘fit’, but never mind… The TL;DR is that Discursive Institutionalism is a pretty powerful (too powerful?) way of looking at policy change/lack of change. Schmidt, V. 2010. Taking ideas and discourse seriously: explaining change through discursive institutionalism as the fourth ‘new institutionalism’. European Political Science Review,... Continue Reading →
#Awalkinthepark – Policy Theories and how to mash them up.
Making sense of it all? How do we mash-up public policy theories, improve them. What should we worry about as we do this? Cairney, P. 2013. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: How Do We Combine the Insights of Multiple Theories in Public Policy Studies? Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 41, (1), pp.1-21. Petridou, E. 2014.... Continue Reading →
#Awalkinthepark – Islands in the Stream #Kingdon #MultipleStreams
So, these two probably could have been better clumped with the Brunner article (see last post) because they are trying to use/modify the famous “Multiple Streams Framework” of John Kingdon. Winkel, G. and Leipold, S. 2016. Demolishing Dikes: Multiple Streams and Policy Discourse Analysis. Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 44, (1), pp.108-129. Mukherjee, I. and Howlett,... Continue Reading →
#Awalkinthepark – fantasy technologies, fantasy policies and polar bears #wearetoast
So, over the last two days, even with The Wife about, I have somehow contrived to read nine journal articles about policy theory, policy implementation etc. I really do need to get out more. Rather than blog them in the order I read them, imma go for some sort of logical clumping (the borders are,... Continue Reading →
#Awalkinthepark – “Think” tanks, denialists, renewables and (neo)institutional theory
Four articles this time (one a re-read) Zimmerman, E. 2016. Discursive Institutionalism and Institutional Change. In Zimmerman, E. 2016. Think Tanks and Non-Traditional Security. London: Palgrave Macmillan. McKewon, E. 2012. Talking Points Ammo: The use of neoliberal think tank fantasy themes to delegitimise scientific knowledge of climate change in Australian newspapers. Journalism Studies, Vol. 13... Continue Reading →
#Awalkinthepark – climate denialism, “sticky v path contingent” historical discursive institutionalism and comparative institutionalisms
So, read Weart in bed and Bell/Schmidt as I walked around the park with the 50lb backpack Weart, S. 2011. Global warming: How skepticism became denial. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Vol.67(1), pp.41-50. Bell, S. 2012. Where are the Institutions? The Limits of Vivien Schmidt’s Constructivism. British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 42, pp.714-719. Schmidt,... Continue Reading →
#AWalkinthepark – discursive institutionalism challenged, defended.
So, two I read walking in the park, and one I re-read at the computer. Bell, S. 2011. Do We Really Need a New ‘Constructivist Institutionalism’ to Explain Institutional Change? British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 41, (4), pp.883 – 906. Schmidt, V. 2012. A curious constructivism: A response to Professor Bell. British Journal of... Continue Reading →
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