2011
DOI: 10.1177/0095399711412911
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Abstract: Theories of policy and institutional reform are of major interest to numerous disciplines in the social sciences. The main question motivating this study is under what circumstances is dramatic reform possible. It is argued that theories of reform formulated within two central heuristic frameworks—historical institutionalism and punctuated equilibrium—fail to satisfactorily explain reform dynamics in small policy domains, which are characterized by having program constituencies with little political clout. In … Show more

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“…A number of health care commentators focus on the related concepts of HI and PD (e.g. Oliver and Mossialos ; Zehavi ; Wilsford ). However, while PD is a widely used term, it is often used in an unclear and unsystematic way in a loose metaphor of ‘history matters’ (Greener , ).…”
Section: Institutional Continuity and Path Dependencymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…A number of health care commentators focus on the related concepts of HI and PD (e.g. Oliver and Mossialos ; Zehavi ; Wilsford ). However, while PD is a widely used term, it is often used in an unclear and unsystematic way in a loose metaphor of ‘history matters’ (Greener , ).…”
Section: Institutional Continuity and Path Dependencymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Third, change is mainly explained change as coming from the outside, as the result of exogenous shocks (e.g. Schmidt ; Tuohy ; Wilsford ; Zehavi ).…”
Section: Institutional Continuity and Path Dependencymentioning
confidence: 99%
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