The National Origins of Policy Ideas : Knowledge Regimes in the United States, France, Germany, and Denmark / John L. Campbell, Ove K. Pedersen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, John L., 1952-

Contributor:

Pedersen, Ove Kaj, 1948-

JSTOR (Organization)

Bruce Alan Miller Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Research, Industrial--Economic aspects--United States.

Research, Industrial.

Technological innovations--Economic aspects--United States.

Technological innovations.

Technological innovations--Economic aspects.

Research, Industrial--Economic aspects.

United States.

United States--Foreign economic relations.

International economic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 401 pages) : illustrations

polychrome

Other Title:

Knowledge Regimes in the United States, France, Germany, and Denmark

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In politics, ideas matter. They provide the foundation for economic policymaking, which in turn shapes what is possible in domestic and international politics. Yet until now, little attention has been paid to how these ideas are produced and disseminated, and how this process varies between countries. The National Origins of Policy Ideas provides the first comparative analysis of how "knowledge regimes'-communities of policy research organizations like think tanks, political party foundations, ad hoc commissions, and state research offices, and the institutions that govern them-generate ideas and communicate them to policymakers. John Campbell and Ove Pedersen examine how knowledge regimes are organized, operate, and have changed over the last thirty years in the United States France, Germany, and Denmark. They show how there are persistent national differences in how policy ideas are produced. Some countries do so in contentious, politically partisan ways, while others are cooperative and consensus oriented. They find that while knowledge regimes have adopted some common practices since the 1970s, tendencies toward convergence have been limited and outcomes have been heavily shaped by national contexts. Drawing on extensive interviews with top officials at leading policy research organizations, this book demonstrates why knowledge regimes are as important to capitalism as the state and the firm, and sheds new light on debates about the effects of globalization, the rise of neoliberalism, and the orientation of comparative political economy in political science and sociology. Book jacket.

Contents:

Knowledge Regimes and the National Origins of Policy Ideas

The Political Economy of Knowledge Regimes

Issues of Similarity and Impact

Conclusions

Appendix: Research Design and Methods.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-373) and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Bruce Alan Miller Book Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Campbell, John L., 1952- National Origins of Policy Ideas

ISBN:

9781400850365

1400850363

1306513774

9781306513777

Publisher Number:

99963991620

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.