Elites, ideas, and the evolution of public policy
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
- 208 p.
1. Problem of policy change 2. Competing elites, legitimate authority, structured ideas 3. Interests in question Service trade liberalization and corporate lobbying in the US and EU - Cornelia Woll The politics of food labeling: Europe, the New World, and the WTO - Andy Smith 4. Elite actors and policy innovation A new model for primary healthcare in Catalonia - Xavier Ballart French regional elites and EC regional development policy - Marc Smyrl 5. Reasserting control US-Canada free trade and the redefinition of canadian national interest - Stephanie R. Golob The end of conscription in France - Jean Joana 6. Preemptive adaptation Reforming french social welfare policy - William Genieys The french cement industry and the new politics of the environment - Laura Michel 7. Accounting for change: the role of programmatic elites