Sunsets Are for Suckers: An Experimental Test of Sunset Clauses

Underhill, Kristen; Ayres, Ian; Bhandarkar, Pranav

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“…For instance, the USA PATRIOT Act ( 2001) was designed as a sunset law that allowed federal prosecutorial powers in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Underhill and Ayres (2020) show that sunset clauses often induce a broader range of compromise beliefs and significantly more support for conservative legislation, compared to liberal legislation. In the same vein, Flückiger & Popelier (forthcoming) argue that the hopes of de-bureaucratization were quickly disappointed, since sunset laws were often renewed automatically without the results of evaluations.…”

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The Routledge Handbook of Policy Tools

Howlett¹

2022

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The dominant focus in agenda setting scholarship on external factors driving governments' agenda can make us overlook that governments also have many formal tools at their disposal to steer and manage their own agenda and timetables. In this chapter we study the agendasetting potential of three such procedural tools, which have thus far only received little attention in prior research: periodic policy reviews, spending reviews, and sunset reviews. We discuss their major attributes, their underpinning rational assumptions, the way how they have been institutionalized and routinized in countries' evaluation systems, and reflect on the conditions that foster or jeopardize their agenda-setting impact. Throughout the chapter, we draw on different empirical examples from various countries. While these tools are very often strongly institutionalized, the actual impact on agenda-setting should generally not be overestimated.

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Section: Sunset Reviewsmentioning

confidence: 91%

The Routledge Handbook of Policy Tools

Howlett¹

2022

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Sunsets Are for Suckers: An Experimental Test of Sunset Clauses

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