Kenneth A. Armstrong
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- January 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199278374
- eISBN:
- 9780191594861
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199278374.003.0001
- Subject:
- Law, EU Law
The opening chapter identifies and explains the key theoretical, conceptual, and methodological issues explored in the research. In particular, the ‘governance’ and European dimensions of public ...
More
The opening chapter identifies and explains the key theoretical, conceptual, and methodological issues explored in the research. In particular, the ‘governance’ and European dimensions of public policy efforts to combat poverty and social exclusion are brought into focus. Specific attention is paid to the contribution of ‘institutionalist’ perspectives on governance and a connection is drawn between ‘discursive institutionalism’ and past analyses that have explored multiple and overlapping social exclusion discourses. It is suggested that EU policy coordination efforts are framed by competing policy frames and articulated through a range of policy discourses, which combine to produce a plurality of policy paradigms that are institutionalized within and across the governance architecture of policy coordination. Although law is decentred from this picture, this new governance architecture remains of concern to scholars of EU law.Less
The opening chapter identifies and explains the key theoretical, conceptual, and methodological issues explored in the research. In particular, the ‘governance’ and European dimensions of public policy efforts to combat poverty and social exclusion are brought into focus. Specific attention is paid to the contribution of ‘institutionalist’ perspectives on governance and a connection is drawn between ‘discursive institutionalism’ and past analyses that have explored multiple and overlapping social exclusion discourses. It is suggested that EU policy coordination efforts are framed by competing policy frames and articulated through a range of policy discourses, which combine to produce a plurality of policy paradigms that are institutionalized within and across the governance architecture of policy coordination. Although law is decentred from this picture, this new governance architecture remains of concern to scholars of EU law.
Joel Rast
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- May 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780226661445
- eISBN:
- 9780226661612
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226661612.003.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
Social scientists generally explain political behavior through interest-based explanations. In this perspective, actors are said to behave the way they do because it is in their interests to do so. ...
More
Social scientists generally explain political behavior through interest-based explanations. In this perspective, actors are said to behave the way they do because it is in their interests to do so. This chapter argues that behavior is influenced both by material interests as well as the ideas actors hold about how to best realize their interests. Such ideas include policy paradigms, which represent the conventional wisdom in a given policy area. As policy paradigms for engaging with Chicago’s economically distressed areas changed over the course of the twentieth century, the political behavior of actors shifted to conform with the conventional wisdom of the time.Less
Social scientists generally explain political behavior through interest-based explanations. In this perspective, actors are said to behave the way they do because it is in their interests to do so. This chapter argues that behavior is influenced both by material interests as well as the ideas actors hold about how to best realize their interests. Such ideas include policy paradigms, which represent the conventional wisdom in a given policy area. As policy paradigms for engaging with Chicago’s economically distressed areas changed over the course of the twentieth century, the political behavior of actors shifted to conform with the conventional wisdom of the time.
Nathalie Morel, Bruno Palier, and Joakim Palme (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847429247
- eISBN:
- 9781447305613
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847429247.003.0001
- Subject:
- Social Work, Social Policy
This chapter traces the different approaches to social policy as they have developed over time, starting with the early origins of the social investment perspective in the ‘productive social policy’ ...
More
This chapter traces the different approaches to social policy as they have developed over time, starting with the early origins of the social investment perspective in the ‘productive social policy’ approach put forward in Sweden in the 1930s, before turning to a brief analysis of the Keynesian and neo-liberal eras of social policy. It suggests that the social investment perspective may represent a new, emerging social and economic policy paradigm which is based on a new understanding of social policy as a productive factor. The chapter then reviews the different critiques which have been levelled at the social investment perspective, and suggests that these critiques may be linked in part to some of the tensions and ambiguities embedded in the social investment perspective, which can be related to the different intellectual sources behind it. Finally, it presents the aims and focus of the book, which are to assess the achievements, shortcomings and potentials of social investment policies; to question whether the ‘social investment’ strategy is able to regenerate the welfare state, promote social inclusion, create more and better jobs; and helps address the challenges posed by the economic crisis, globalisation, ageing and climate change.Less
This chapter traces the different approaches to social policy as they have developed over time, starting with the early origins of the social investment perspective in the ‘productive social policy’ approach put forward in Sweden in the 1930s, before turning to a brief analysis of the Keynesian and neo-liberal eras of social policy. It suggests that the social investment perspective may represent a new, emerging social and economic policy paradigm which is based on a new understanding of social policy as a productive factor. The chapter then reviews the different critiques which have been levelled at the social investment perspective, and suggests that these critiques may be linked in part to some of the tensions and ambiguities embedded in the social investment perspective, which can be related to the different intellectual sources behind it. Finally, it presents the aims and focus of the book, which are to assess the achievements, shortcomings and potentials of social investment policies; to question whether the ‘social investment’ strategy is able to regenerate the welfare state, promote social inclusion, create more and better jobs; and helps address the challenges posed by the economic crisis, globalisation, ageing and climate change.
Yuri Kazepov, Tatiana Saruis, and Fabio Colombo
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- May 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781447338444
- eISBN:
- 9781447338482
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447338444.003.0003
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
The rise of social innovation as a paradigm for social intervention is part of the ongoing restructuring process of post-war European welfare systems’. The chapter analyses this transformation ...
More
The rise of social innovation as a paradigm for social intervention is part of the ongoing restructuring process of post-war European welfare systems’. The chapter analyses this transformation focusing on how social innovation relates to other, more institutionalised paradigms of social intervention, namely social protection and social investment. The three paradigms’ main characteristics are represented through a metaphor using animals and their characteristics in order to exemplify their specificities. Elephants, representing the social protection paradigm as awkward, but solid and based on reciprocity and solidarity in the herd. Butterflies, representing the social innovation paradigm as flexible and creative, but fragile and unstable. Lions, representing the social investment paradigm as assertive, active in the preservation of their own status in a competitive context. The conditions within which these paradigms have developed, the institutions involved and their aims and functions are studied through a literature review. Then, the relations among them are investigated through the analysis of 31 case studies on innovation in welfare policies targeted to poverty and social exclusion conducted in the European Countries. The conclusions provide some reflections on the paradigms´ prospects by gaining an understanding of how their different combinations impact on their capacity to reduce poverty and social exclusion.Less
The rise of social innovation as a paradigm for social intervention is part of the ongoing restructuring process of post-war European welfare systems’. The chapter analyses this transformation focusing on how social innovation relates to other, more institutionalised paradigms of social intervention, namely social protection and social investment. The three paradigms’ main characteristics are represented through a metaphor using animals and their characteristics in order to exemplify their specificities. Elephants, representing the social protection paradigm as awkward, but solid and based on reciprocity and solidarity in the herd. Butterflies, representing the social innovation paradigm as flexible and creative, but fragile and unstable. Lions, representing the social investment paradigm as assertive, active in the preservation of their own status in a competitive context. The conditions within which these paradigms have developed, the institutions involved and their aims and functions are studied through a literature review. Then, the relations among them are investigated through the analysis of 31 case studies on innovation in welfare policies targeted to poverty and social exclusion conducted in the European Countries. The conclusions provide some reflections on the paradigms´ prospects by gaining an understanding of how their different combinations impact on their capacity to reduce poverty and social exclusion.
Nathalie Morel, Bruno Palier, and Joakim Palme (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847429247
- eISBN:
- 9781447305613
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847429247.001.0001
- Subject:
- Social Work, Social Policy
Since the late 1990s, new ideas and strategies concerning the role and shape of the Welfare State have been formulated. All these analyses and policy developments point towards a similar policy logic ...
More
Since the late 1990s, new ideas and strategies concerning the role and shape of the Welfare State have been formulated. All these analyses and policy developments point towards a similar policy logic based on ‘social investment’. The aim of this book is to map out the contours of this new perspective, both at the ideational level and in terms of the policies implemented throughout Europe. The book also aims at assessing the achievements, as well as the shortcomings, of this strategy. In doing so it provides a critical analysis of the content and coherence of the social investment ideas and policies, and opens up for a discussion of the new challenges that Europe is facing — such as population ageing, the impact of the financial crisis, environmental issues — and of whether the social investment perspective can provide adequate responses to these challenges.Less
Since the late 1990s, new ideas and strategies concerning the role and shape of the Welfare State have been formulated. All these analyses and policy developments point towards a similar policy logic based on ‘social investment’. The aim of this book is to map out the contours of this new perspective, both at the ideational level and in terms of the policies implemented throughout Europe. The book also aims at assessing the achievements, as well as the shortcomings, of this strategy. In doing so it provides a critical analysis of the content and coherence of the social investment ideas and policies, and opens up for a discussion of the new challenges that Europe is facing — such as population ageing, the impact of the financial crisis, environmental issues — and of whether the social investment perspective can provide adequate responses to these challenges.
Joel Rast
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- May 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780226661445
- eISBN:
- 9780226661612
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226661612.003.0009
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
This chapter argues that the dual city policy paradigm has become well entrenched, significantly more so than either of its predecessors in twentieth-century Chicago -- privatism and the ...
More
This chapter argues that the dual city policy paradigm has become well entrenched, significantly more so than either of its predecessors in twentieth-century Chicago -- privatism and the public-private partnership of urban renewal. Prospects for change depend to a large extent on whether this paradigm continues to deliver benefits to the powerful and the privileged, how well its contradictions can be managed, and the presence or absence of alternative policy ideas that those disadvantaged by the dual city might rally around.Less
This chapter argues that the dual city policy paradigm has become well entrenched, significantly more so than either of its predecessors in twentieth-century Chicago -- privatism and the public-private partnership of urban renewal. Prospects for change depend to a large extent on whether this paradigm continues to deliver benefits to the powerful and the privileged, how well its contradictions can be managed, and the presence or absence of alternative policy ideas that those disadvantaged by the dual city might rally around.
Nathalie Morel, Bruno Palier, and Joakim Palme
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847429247
- eISBN:
- 9781447305613
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847429247.003.0014
- Subject:
- Social Work, Social Policy
This chapter concludes that, with few exceptions, European welfare states have not really implemented a social investment perspective. The Nordic countries come closest to embracing the social ...
More
This chapter concludes that, with few exceptions, European welfare states have not really implemented a social investment perspective. The Nordic countries come closest to embracing the social investment paradigm, while a few other countries (notably the Netherlands and the UK) have made partial moves in the social investment direction, but along quite different lines. Indeed, one can identify two main ways of implementing a social investment strategy: one that combines traditional social protection with social investment; and another which tends to substitute traditional compensatory spending with investments in human capital. However, the chapter argues, based on the conclusions of the different contributions to this edited volume, only comprehensive and well-designed social investment policies that emphasise and promote both equality and quality perform well. Finally, the chapter argues that in order to become a fully fledged new social policy paradigm, this perspective needs to distinguish more clearly its ideas from the previous neoliberal paradigm and to be associated to a new economic thinking (sustainable growth), as well as supported by new political coalitions (including current outsiders).Less
This chapter concludes that, with few exceptions, European welfare states have not really implemented a social investment perspective. The Nordic countries come closest to embracing the social investment paradigm, while a few other countries (notably the Netherlands and the UK) have made partial moves in the social investment direction, but along quite different lines. Indeed, one can identify two main ways of implementing a social investment strategy: one that combines traditional social protection with social investment; and another which tends to substitute traditional compensatory spending with investments in human capital. However, the chapter argues, based on the conclusions of the different contributions to this edited volume, only comprehensive and well-designed social investment policies that emphasise and promote both equality and quality perform well. Finally, the chapter argues that in order to become a fully fledged new social policy paradigm, this perspective needs to distinguish more clearly its ideas from the previous neoliberal paradigm and to be associated to a new economic thinking (sustainable growth), as well as supported by new political coalitions (including current outsiders).
Nicholas Rees, Brid Quinn, and Bernadette Connaughton
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- July 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780719076206
- eISBN:
- 9781781702932
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719076206.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, European Union
To what extent did Europeanisation contribute to Ireland's transformation from ‘poor relation’ to being admired and emulated? This book examines how Europeanisation affected Irish policy-making and ...
More
To what extent did Europeanisation contribute to Ireland's transformation from ‘poor relation’ to being admired and emulated? This book examines how Europeanisation affected Irish policy-making and implementation and how Ireland maximised the policy opportunities arising from membership of the EU while preserving embedded patterns of political behaviour. The book focuses on the complex interplay of European, domestic and global factors as the explanation for the changing character of the ‘Celtic Tiger’. It contests and complements previous accounts of the Europeanisation effect on Ireland's institutions and policies, providing an analysis in view of Ireland's rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in June 2008. The book demonstrates that, although Europeanisation spurred significant institutional and policy change, domestic forces filtered those consequences while global factors induced further adaptation. By identifying and assessing the adaptational pressures in a range of policy areas, the book establishes that, in tandem with the European dimension, domestic features and global developments were key determinants of change and harbingers of new patterns of governance. In challenging the usually unquestioning acceptance of the EU's dominant role in Ireland's transformation, the study adds conceptually and empirically to the literature on Europeanisation. The review of change in discourse, policy paradigms and procedures is complemented by an exploration of change in the economy, regional development, agricultural and rural policy, environmental policy and foreign policy. This analysis provides clear evidence of the uneven impact of Europeanisation, and the salience of domestic and global mediating factors.Less
To what extent did Europeanisation contribute to Ireland's transformation from ‘poor relation’ to being admired and emulated? This book examines how Europeanisation affected Irish policy-making and implementation and how Ireland maximised the policy opportunities arising from membership of the EU while preserving embedded patterns of political behaviour. The book focuses on the complex interplay of European, domestic and global factors as the explanation for the changing character of the ‘Celtic Tiger’. It contests and complements previous accounts of the Europeanisation effect on Ireland's institutions and policies, providing an analysis in view of Ireland's rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in June 2008. The book demonstrates that, although Europeanisation spurred significant institutional and policy change, domestic forces filtered those consequences while global factors induced further adaptation. By identifying and assessing the adaptational pressures in a range of policy areas, the book establishes that, in tandem with the European dimension, domestic features and global developments were key determinants of change and harbingers of new patterns of governance. In challenging the usually unquestioning acceptance of the EU's dominant role in Ireland's transformation, the study adds conceptually and empirically to the literature on Europeanisation. The review of change in discourse, policy paradigms and procedures is complemented by an exploration of change in the economy, regional development, agricultural and rural policy, environmental policy and foreign policy. This analysis provides clear evidence of the uneven impact of Europeanisation, and the salience of domestic and global mediating factors.
Rachel Z. Friedman
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- May 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780226730769
- eISBN:
- 9780226731094
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226731094.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Theory
The period considered in this chapter, from the mid-nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries, saw intensified political interest in social insurance to promote security, cultivate social ...
More
The period considered in this chapter, from the mid-nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries, saw intensified political interest in social insurance to promote security, cultivate social cohesion, and preserve capitalism despite the hardships of the poor. At the same time, it also witnessed the emergence of a new rationale for mutual insurance, focused less on contractual benefits for individuals and more on the wealth and welfare of groups. This chapter argues that a pivotal moment in this shift came in the 1840s, with the advent of a new understanding of probability, known as frequentism. Frequentism insisted that calculation and prediction are possible solely with reference to an observed series or class. As a result, it affirmed the value of mutual insurance but modified its justification in important ways. The frequentist view had close affinities and historical ties with utilitarianism. It also found echoes in many of the earliest welfare programs instantiated just before and after the turn of the twentieth century. Insofar as early welfare states departed from certain classical liberal premises, then, developments in probability theory and the policy paradigm that it helped to create illuminate some of the central assumptions and implications of that shift.Less
The period considered in this chapter, from the mid-nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries, saw intensified political interest in social insurance to promote security, cultivate social cohesion, and preserve capitalism despite the hardships of the poor. At the same time, it also witnessed the emergence of a new rationale for mutual insurance, focused less on contractual benefits for individuals and more on the wealth and welfare of groups. This chapter argues that a pivotal moment in this shift came in the 1840s, with the advent of a new understanding of probability, known as frequentism. Frequentism insisted that calculation and prediction are possible solely with reference to an observed series or class. As a result, it affirmed the value of mutual insurance but modified its justification in important ways. The frequentist view had close affinities and historical ties with utilitarianism. It also found echoes in many of the earliest welfare programs instantiated just before and after the turn of the twentieth century. Insofar as early welfare states departed from certain classical liberal premises, then, developments in probability theory and the policy paradigm that it helped to create illuminate some of the central assumptions and implications of that shift.
Joel Rast
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- May 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780226661445
- eISBN:
- 9780226661612
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226661612.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
Cities today are celebrated for their diversity, but they are also places of steep inequalities, including growing divides between middle- and upper-class neighborhoods and areas of extreme ...
More
Cities today are celebrated for their diversity, but they are also places of steep inequalities, including growing divides between middle- and upper-class neighborhoods and areas of extreme disadvantage. Chicago epitomizes this pattern, with its upscale, gentrified neighborhoods near downtown and along the lakefront, and its mostly Black, impoverished communities on the South and West Sides. More than ever, Chicago is a dual city, a condition that many of its residents and political leaders have come to take for granted. In The Origins of the Dual City, Joel Rast reveals today’s tacit acceptance of rising urban inequality as a stark departure from the past. For much of the twentieth century, civic leaders, convinced that the city’s survival depended on the elimination of slums and blight, made this goal a key policy priority. More recently, however, this attitude has shifted in favor of a much different approach aimed at managing economically distressed areas and mitigating their most harmful effects, while promoting downtown development and gentrification of select neighborhoods. The book shows how changing ideas about how problems of inequality should best be addressed shaped the behavior of the political and economic elites who led the city’s revitalization efforts.Less
Cities today are celebrated for their diversity, but they are also places of steep inequalities, including growing divides between middle- and upper-class neighborhoods and areas of extreme disadvantage. Chicago epitomizes this pattern, with its upscale, gentrified neighborhoods near downtown and along the lakefront, and its mostly Black, impoverished communities on the South and West Sides. More than ever, Chicago is a dual city, a condition that many of its residents and political leaders have come to take for granted. In The Origins of the Dual City, Joel Rast reveals today’s tacit acceptance of rising urban inequality as a stark departure from the past. For much of the twentieth century, civic leaders, convinced that the city’s survival depended on the elimination of slums and blight, made this goal a key policy priority. More recently, however, this attitude has shifted in favor of a much different approach aimed at managing economically distressed areas and mitigating their most harmful effects, while promoting downtown development and gentrification of select neighborhoods. The book shows how changing ideas about how problems of inequality should best be addressed shaped the behavior of the political and economic elites who led the city’s revitalization efforts.
T. J. Pempel
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- January 2022
- ISBN:
- 9781501758799
- eISBN:
- 9781501758829
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501758799.003.0006
- Subject:
- Political Science, Asian Politics
This chapter shows that the Chinese regime and its economic policy paradigm represent still another national chapter in the Asia-Pacific growth story. In the late 1970s, China broke free from the ...
More
This chapter shows that the Chinese regime and its economic policy paradigm represent still another national chapter in the Asia-Pacific growth story. In the late 1970s, China broke free from the constrictive cage of Marxist–Leninist–Maoism, catalyzing four decades of rapid economic transformation. After abandoning the Maoist developmental model, the Chinese regime and its policy paradigm reflected a mix of traits found in each of the three regime types. For much of the period from the late 1970s until about 2008, the regime mirrored many of the structural features integral to the rapid growth and transformation in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. The most notable of these are strong and cohesive state institutions, the marginalization of opposition forces, targeted capital allocations, and heavy investment in the improvement of human capital.Less
This chapter shows that the Chinese regime and its economic policy paradigm represent still another national chapter in the Asia-Pacific growth story. In the late 1970s, China broke free from the constrictive cage of Marxist–Leninist–Maoism, catalyzing four decades of rapid economic transformation. After abandoning the Maoist developmental model, the Chinese regime and its policy paradigm reflected a mix of traits found in each of the three regime types. For much of the period from the late 1970s until about 2008, the regime mirrored many of the structural features integral to the rapid growth and transformation in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. The most notable of these are strong and cohesive state institutions, the marginalization of opposition forces, targeted capital allocations, and heavy investment in the improvement of human capital.
Rachel Z. Friedman
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- May 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780226730769
- eISBN:
- 9780226731094
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226731094.003.0003
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Theory
This chapter considers how actuarial mutual insurance became a political tool and not only a means for commercial benefit or voluntary mutual aid. Focusing on the friendly-society reform movement and ...
More
This chapter considers how actuarial mutual insurance became a political tool and not only a means for commercial benefit or voluntary mutual aid. Focusing on the friendly-society reform movement and the first proposals for social insurance in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth-century England and France, it shows that reformers regarded probabilistic insurance as a means to replace vulnerability and dependence with foresight and self-sufficiency. These efforts rested on a newly socialized understanding of risk, which was enabled by the increasingly statistical cast of mathematical probability. In making this case, the chapter invokes the notion of a policy paradigm, a set of ideas and standards within which political actors work. This notion helps to elucidate the relationship between ideas and policy-making, or in this case between theoretical accounts of probability and their political expressions. The chapter proposes that, understood as a policy paradigm in this sense, social insurance began to establish itself during the period under consideration. It would find its full expression nearly a century later in the establishment of welfare states.Less
This chapter considers how actuarial mutual insurance became a political tool and not only a means for commercial benefit or voluntary mutual aid. Focusing on the friendly-society reform movement and the first proposals for social insurance in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth-century England and France, it shows that reformers regarded probabilistic insurance as a means to replace vulnerability and dependence with foresight and self-sufficiency. These efforts rested on a newly socialized understanding of risk, which was enabled by the increasingly statistical cast of mathematical probability. In making this case, the chapter invokes the notion of a policy paradigm, a set of ideas and standards within which political actors work. This notion helps to elucidate the relationship between ideas and policy-making, or in this case between theoretical accounts of probability and their political expressions. The chapter proposes that, understood as a policy paradigm in this sense, social insurance began to establish itself during the period under consideration. It would find its full expression nearly a century later in the establishment of welfare states.
Reijo Miettinen
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199692613
- eISBN:
- 9780191750762
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199692613.003.0002
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Innovation, Political Economy
Chapter 2 reviews the rhetorical approaches that have been used in the study of the technology and innovation policy language and paradigms. Specifically, it analyses the nature of the policy ...
More
Chapter 2 reviews the rhetorical approaches that have been used in the study of the technology and innovation policy language and paradigms. Specifically, it analyses the nature of the policy buzzwords that have been developed interactively in research and policymaking. The concepts that have been used to make sense of these buzzwords, such as boundary concept, social representation, economic imaginary, transdiscursive term, and diagnosis of the age (Zeitdiagnose) are discussed. The key role of the OECD as a central transnational institutional link between innovation research and policymaking is examined. The rhetorical features of the major OECD documents on National Innovation System are analysed. They include anonymity, absence of alternative views and self-referentiality.Less
Chapter 2 reviews the rhetorical approaches that have been used in the study of the technology and innovation policy language and paradigms. Specifically, it analyses the nature of the policy buzzwords that have been developed interactively in research and policymaking. The concepts that have been used to make sense of these buzzwords, such as boundary concept, social representation, economic imaginary, transdiscursive term, and diagnosis of the age (Zeitdiagnose) are discussed. The key role of the OECD as a central transnational institutional link between innovation research and policymaking is examined. The rhetorical features of the major OECD documents on National Innovation System are analysed. They include anonymity, absence of alternative views and self-referentiality.
Stijn Oosterlynck, Andreas Novy, and Yuri Kazepov (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- May 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781447338444
- eISBN:
- 9781447338482
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447338444.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
Based on more than 30 case studies in eight different countries, this book explores the governance dynamics of local social innovations in the field of poverty reduction. The diverse team of ...
More
Based on more than 30 case studies in eight different countries, this book explores the governance dynamics of local social innovations in the field of poverty reduction. The diverse team of contributors reflects on the trajectory of social innovation in European governance. They illustrate how different governance dynamics and welfare mixes enable or hinder poverty reduction strategies and analyse how such dynamics involve a diversity of actors, instruments and resources at different spatial scales. The contributions are based on research motivated by the standstill in the fight against poverty in Europe and the anxiety that conventional macro-social policies are insufficient to deal with the current challenges.Less
Based on more than 30 case studies in eight different countries, this book explores the governance dynamics of local social innovations in the field of poverty reduction. The diverse team of contributors reflects on the trajectory of social innovation in European governance. They illustrate how different governance dynamics and welfare mixes enable or hinder poverty reduction strategies and analyse how such dynamics involve a diversity of actors, instruments and resources at different spatial scales. The contributions are based on research motivated by the standstill in the fight against poverty in Europe and the anxiety that conventional macro-social policies are insufficient to deal with the current challenges.
Anton Hemerijck
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- July 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780198790488
- eISBN:
- 9780191831744
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198790488.003.0035
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
The final chapter concludes with five contemporary ‘uses’ of social investment, in full recognition of limits underscored by critics. The first ‘use’ of social investment therefore concerns its ...
More
The final chapter concludes with five contemporary ‘uses’ of social investment, in full recognition of limits underscored by critics. The first ‘use’ of social investment therefore concerns its ‘paradigmatic’ bearings. To what extent does social investment represent a distinct policy paradigm for twenty-first-century welfare capitalism? A second ‘use’ relates to paradigm change, in the sense of theoretical progress inspiring interdisciplinary methodological innovation, in particular with respect to the empirical assessment of well-being ‘returns’ on social investment. The third more practical ‘use’ covers the identification of virtuous social investment policy mixes of ‘stocks’, ‘flows’, and ‘buffers’. The fourth ‘use’ is geographically confined to the European conundrum of overcoming the fiscal austerity to make way for social investment reform, as means to reignite socioeconomic convergence, at least for the Eurozone. The more general final use of social investment bears on the ‘politics of social investment’ in the aftermath of the financial crisis.Less
The final chapter concludes with five contemporary ‘uses’ of social investment, in full recognition of limits underscored by critics. The first ‘use’ of social investment therefore concerns its ‘paradigmatic’ bearings. To what extent does social investment represent a distinct policy paradigm for twenty-first-century welfare capitalism? A second ‘use’ relates to paradigm change, in the sense of theoretical progress inspiring interdisciplinary methodological innovation, in particular with respect to the empirical assessment of well-being ‘returns’ on social investment. The third more practical ‘use’ covers the identification of virtuous social investment policy mixes of ‘stocks’, ‘flows’, and ‘buffers’. The fourth ‘use’ is geographically confined to the European conundrum of overcoming the fiscal austerity to make way for social investment reform, as means to reignite socioeconomic convergence, at least for the Eurozone. The more general final use of social investment bears on the ‘politics of social investment’ in the aftermath of the financial crisis.
Daniel Naujoks
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780198084983
- eISBN:
- 9780199082643
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198084983.003.0008
- Subject:
- Sociology, Migration Studies (including Refugee Studies)
The effect of a membership policy, such as the Overseas Citizenship of India, is not only the effect of a certain legal position, of legal benefits and of status passages. Communication by India ...
More
The effect of a membership policy, such as the Overseas Citizenship of India, is not only the effect of a certain legal position, of legal benefits and of status passages. Communication by India about the existence of the status and the process of its adoption per se, matter to a significant extent. The discussion on the good-will effect provides insights on how institutional configurations, policy philosophies, and paradigms affect the diaspora’s national incorporation. This effect is grounded in the fact that because of the communication by India, Indian diasporic actors feel that they are officially valued and that their contributions to India are appreciated. The good-will effect strengthens confidence and trust by diasporic actors in the Indian political system, which in turn enhances economic and other engagement by facilitating cooperation.Less
The effect of a membership policy, such as the Overseas Citizenship of India, is not only the effect of a certain legal position, of legal benefits and of status passages. Communication by India about the existence of the status and the process of its adoption per se, matter to a significant extent. The discussion on the good-will effect provides insights on how institutional configurations, policy philosophies, and paradigms affect the diaspora’s national incorporation. This effect is grounded in the fact that because of the communication by India, Indian diasporic actors feel that they are officially valued and that their contributions to India are appreciated. The good-will effect strengthens confidence and trust by diasporic actors in the Indian political system, which in turn enhances economic and other engagement by facilitating cooperation.
Anders Esmark
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- January 2021
- ISBN:
- 9781529200874
- eISBN:
- 9781529200898
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781529200874.003.0004
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Technology and Society
Technocracy is discussed as a distinct type of regime and form of statecraft. The chapter clears up the considerable confusion surrounding the relationship between technocracy, bureaucracy and ...
More
Technocracy is discussed as a distinct type of regime and form of statecraft. The chapter clears up the considerable confusion surrounding the relationship between technocracy, bureaucracy and democracy, which provides the foundation for the empirical analysis of the anti-bureaucratic and pro-democratic nature of contemporary technocracy. The relationship of technocracy to political ideology is discussed, leading to the suggestion that technocracy consistently pursues a position ‘beyond ideology’ while also remaining fully capable of working in lockstep with socialism, liberalism and anything in between. Finally, the chapter moves from the regime level and provides an overall model of the constitutive and intersecting policy paradigms of the New Technocracy: connective governance, risk management and performance management.Less
Technocracy is discussed as a distinct type of regime and form of statecraft. The chapter clears up the considerable confusion surrounding the relationship between technocracy, bureaucracy and democracy, which provides the foundation for the empirical analysis of the anti-bureaucratic and pro-democratic nature of contemporary technocracy. The relationship of technocracy to political ideology is discussed, leading to the suggestion that technocracy consistently pursues a position ‘beyond ideology’ while also remaining fully capable of working in lockstep with socialism, liberalism and anything in between. Finally, the chapter moves from the regime level and provides an overall model of the constitutive and intersecting policy paradigms of the New Technocracy: connective governance, risk management and performance management.