Changing Welfare States is is a major new examination of the wave of social reform that has
swept across Europe over the past two decades. In a comparative fashion, it analyses reform …

Writing about ideas, John Maynard Keynes noted that they are" more powerful than is
commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else." One would expect, therefore …

Seeking to amend historical institutionalism, this article draws on the political science
literature on ideas and the sociological literature on framing to discuss three ways in which …

Neoliberalism: The Key Concepts provides a critical guide to a vocabulary that has become
globally dominant over the past forty years. The language of neoliberalism both constructs …

The book explores the ways in which social cohesion—measured as trust in unknown fellow
citizens—can be established and undermined. It examines the US and UK, where social …

The status of ideational explanations in political science has been strengthened by the
argument that institutionalized ideas structure actors' identification of their interests as well …

Machine generated contents note: Introduction. The political opportunities and constraints of
welfare state reform; 1. The welfare state: dynamic development, crisis, resilience, and …

This article introduces to policy studies the concept of valence, which we define as the
emotional quality of an idea that makes it more or less attractive. We argue that valence …

This special issue commemorates the 50th anniversary of Social Policy & Administration.
Much has been written over the last two decades about the role of ideas in social policy …

O ensaio bibliográfico analisa a literatura que ficou conhecida como virada ideacional. Seu
objetivo é, primeiro, resumir as críticas dessa literatura às perspectivas institucionalistas …