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• Policy change and discourse in Europe: can the EU make a 'square meal out of a stew of paradox'?

  - 2004-03-01

  'Discursive institutionalism' provides a potentially fruitful means of overcoming the tendential structuralism of much new institutionalist scholarship. In particular, it focuses attention on the interplay of structure and agency and raises important questions about how far we should expect policy--and indeed the polity--to be coherent. Radaelli and Schmidt's drawing together...

  Tags: agency, analysis, Europe, European Commission, integration, MARKETING, theory, University of Oxford

• Economic development: survey of course outlines in North American universities

  - 2002-03-22

  The survey is undertaken in response to feedback received from readers on earlier surveys conducted by the author in different areas of economics. The present survey of economic development intends to enhance the quality of teaching and will enable instructors to update their reading lists. Students might find the information...

  Tags: FINANCE, G., income, M., MARKETING, Peterson, Poverty, Studies, survey, theory, University of Oxford, World Bank

• A look at the 'Beliefs in Government' study.(Annual Meeting Program Preview)

  - 1996-06-01

  The 'Beliefs in Government' study is aimed at analyzing political beliefs and attitudes in several Western European countries. Surveys covering several countries from as far back the 1950s were compared and reanalyzed. Findings showed the persistence of some ideologies and beliefs and the emergence of some political actions that were...

  Tags: continuity, democracy, Government, MARKETING, SOFTWARE, survey, theory, University of Oxford, welfare