Stability and change : the last dualism?
By: MARSH, David.
Material type: ArticlePublisher: Oxon : Routledge, apr. 2010Subject(s): Institucionalismo | Estabilidade Econômica | Reforma Administrativa | Aspecto Histórico | Pesquisa CientíficaCritical Policy Studies 4, 1, p. 86-101Abstract: Stability and change are key issues for policy analysts, but the literature on the relationship between the two is limited in both senses of the term. This article examines that literature, placing in it firmly against discussions about how to conceptualize time and arguing that the relationship between stability and change is best viewed as a duality, not a dualism. As such, the article strongly critiques the concept of punctuated evolution and defends a historical institutionalist position, against a constructivist institutionalist oneStability and change are key issues for policy analysts, but the literature on the relationship between the two is limited in both senses of the term. This article examines that literature, placing in it firmly against discussions about how to conceptualize time and arguing that the relationship between stability and change is best viewed as a duality, not a dualism. As such, the article strongly critiques the concept of punctuated evolution and defends a historical institutionalist position, against a constructivist institutionalist one
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