This chapter reviews Punctuated Equilibrium Theory (PET), and discusses new empirical
studies in the United States and elsewhere. It deals with an assessment of the strengths and …

How do political institutions influence crisis management? By comparing responses to
COVID-19 in China and South Korea, this article argues that different political institutions …

Although the idea that existing policies can have major effects on politics and policy
development is hardly new, the last three decades witnessed a major expansion of policy …

The punctuated equilibrium theory (PET) shows that government policy is mostly stable with
occasional drastic change, which scholars attribute to institutional friction and limited …

According to the punctuated equilibrium thesis, government attention allocation alternates
between long periods of stasis and dramatic spurts of disequilibrium because democratic …

The policy process frameworks and theories that are currently considered mainstream were
originally developed in the United States, before traveling to other countries. Despite their …

We compare patterns of change in budgetary commitments by countries during periods of
democracy and authoritarianism. Previous scholarship has focused almost exclusively on …

Do democracies perform better than more autocratic political systems? Most existing
literature focuses on single issues, such as maintaining the peace, avoiding famines, or …

Green innovation is an important way to integrate China's innovation-driven strategy with
sustainable development strategy. Adopting the attention-based view in policy …

This paper develops a theory of the relationship between policy disasters and political
institutions. Policy disasters, defined as avoidable, unintended extreme negative policy …