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 →
So, one on the bed, one and a half while around the park (it turns out theory is far slower to read than fact-based stuff, who knew) and polishing off that second half of the third paper at my desk as the sun shines outside. I really do need to get out more. Gillard, R.... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
Gah. My bag got stolen yesterday, because I trusted the staff at the AgeUK shop in Withington to, you know, do their jobs. Sign above change room said don’t take bags in, so I gave my bag to the staff for ‘safe keeping’. And it was gone when I came out (along with the bike... Continue Reading →
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