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Author Peters, Brainard Guy, author

Title Zombie ideas : why failed policy ideas persist / Brainard Guy Peters, Maximilian Lennart Nagel
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020

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Series Cambridge elements. Elements in public policy, 2398-4058
Cambridge elements. Elements in public policy. 2398-4058
Summary Ideas are important in shaping the policy choices of governments. But many ideas that have not been successful in the past continue to be used by policymakers, and some good ideas tend not to be adopted. This Element will focus on why governments make these poor policy choices. We will discuss a number of examples of 'zombie ideas' that refuse to die, and then discuss the factors that are associated with their survival. Those factors occur at the elite, the organizational and the societal level. We will also examine some 'ghost' ideas that may well be successful but have a difficult time being adopted, and the factors that are associated with the exclusion of these ideas from the policy process
Notes Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Dec 2020)
Subject Policy sciences.
Idea (Philosophy)
Idea (Philosophy)
Policy sciences
Form Electronic book
Author Nagel, Maximilian Lennart, author
ISBN 9781108921312
1108921310
OTHER TI Cambridge EBA. CaBVaS