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• catalog abstract "Douglas Ashford joins a growing number of scholars who question the behavioralist assumptions of much contemporary policy science. The essays collected in this volume show why policy analysis cannot be confined to prevailing methods of social science. Policymaking behavior involves historical, contextual, and philosophical factors that also raise critical questions about the concepts and theory of the discipline. Ashford asks difficult questions about the contextual, conjunctural, and unintentional circumstances that affect actual decision making. His bridging essays summarize opposing points of view and conflicting interpretations to help form a new agenda for comparative policy analysis. The argument uniting this volume is that every political system is based on a substratum of shared intentions, meanings, and rules of conduct embedded in a culture. Genuine understanding of any policy necessitates a knowledge of context: the unspoken assumptions that make the application of policy different in each new environment. Thus comparison of public policies across physical and temporal boundaries compels researchers to go beyond visible effects and causes in a quest for more intangible realities. History and Context in Comparative Public Policy pursues its thesis from various angles. Fifteen chapters discuss the power of historical experience, intellectual tradition, ethnicity, prejudice, power structures, and concepts of the state--all of which vary dramatically across geographical and temporal boundaries and must be accounted for in studying the creation and functioning of public policy. Clearly, very different conceptions of poverty and of the welfare state prevailed in Victorian Britain and in twentieth-century Sweden, and the role of philosophers and intellectuals in shaping policy decisions varies widely from one milieu to the next. Other chapters cover the limitations of conventional political science language and concepts and explore fresh linguistic approaches that offer new strategies for contextually rooted comparison. Douglas Ashford's bridging essays are useful in placing theoretical commentary and case studies in perspective. Surveying the evolution of the social sciences since the 1950s and commenting broadly on contending schools of thought and research methodology, Ashford's chapters provide a tight organization for a wide-ranging exchange of ideas.".
• catalog contributor b3559424.
• catalog created "1992.".
• catalog date "1992".
• catalog date "1992.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
• catalog description "Clearly, very different conceptions of poverty and of the welfare state prevailed in Victorian Britain and in twentieth-century Sweden, and the role of philosophers and intellectuals in shaping policy decisions varies widely from one milieu to the next. Other chapters cover the limitations of conventional political science language and concepts and explore fresh linguistic approaches that offer new strategies for contextually rooted comparison. Douglas Ashford's bridging essays are useful in placing theoretical commentary and case studies in perspective. Surveying the evolution of the social sciences since the 1950s and commenting broadly on contending schools of thought and research methodology, Ashford's chapters provide a tight organization for a wide-ranging exchange of ideas.".
• catalog description "Douglas Ashford joins a growing number of scholars who question the behavioralist assumptions of much contemporary policy science. The essays collected in this volume show why policy analysis cannot be confined to prevailing methods of social science. Policymaking behavior involves historical, contextual, and philosophical factors that also raise critical questions about the concepts and theory of the discipline. Ashford asks difficult questions about the contextual, conjunctural, and unintentional circumstances that affect actual decision making. His bridging essays summarize opposing points of view and conflicting interpretations to help form a new agenda for comparative policy analysis. The argument uniting this volume is that every political system is based on a substratum of shared intentions, meanings, and rules of conduct embedded in a culture. ".
• catalog description "Genuine understanding of any policy necessitates a knowledge of context: the unspoken assumptions that make the application of policy different in each new environment. Thus comparison of public policies across physical and temporal boundaries compels researchers to go beyond visible effects and causes in a quest for more intangible realities. History and Context in Comparative Public Policy pursues its thesis from various angles. Fifteen chapters discuss the power of historical experience, intellectual tradition, ethnicity, prejudice, power structures, and concepts of the state--all of which vary dramatically across geographical and temporal boundaries and must be accounted for in studying the creation and functioning of public policy. ".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
• catalog description "Introduction : of cases and contexts ; Historical context and policy studies / Douglas E. Ashford -- Social thought and social action : the "dicey problem" and the role of ideas in English social policy / Krishan Kumar -- Marxism and institutional analysis : working-class strength and welfare state development in Sweden / Bo Rothstein -- The soft state : making policy in a different context / Hans Blomkvist -- Interpretive analysis and policy studies / Douglas E. Ashford -- Democratic social engineering : Karl Popper, political theory, and policy analysis / James Farr -- Functionalism and policy studies / Norman Furniss -- Welfare ideologies and state policies : British oppositions / Anthony Skillen.".
• catalog description "Policy constitution through discourse : discourse transformations and the modern state in Central Europe / Björn Wittrock and Peter Wagner -- Political science and policy studies / Douglas E. Ashford -- Parties, politics, and democratic choice / Bert A. Rockman -- Public policy and public bureaucracy / B. Guy Peters -- Ordaining powers : rediscovering the state through policy studies ; Conclusion : the policy connection : subject or object? / Douglas E. Ashford.".
• catalog extent "viii, 365 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "History and context in comparative public policy.".
• catalog identifier "0822936941".
• catalog isFormatOf "History and context in comparative public policy.".
• catalog isPartOf "Pitt series in policy and institutional studies".
• catalog issued "1992".
• catalog issued "1992.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press,".
• catalog relation "History and context in comparative public policy.".
• catalog subject "320/.6 20".
• catalog subject "Comparative government.".
• catalog subject "H97 .H57 1992".
• catalog subject "Policy sciences.".
• catalog subject "Welfare state.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction : of cases and contexts ; Historical context and policy studies / Douglas E. Ashford -- Social thought and social action : the "dicey problem" and the role of ideas in English social policy / Krishan Kumar -- Marxism and institutional analysis : working-class strength and welfare state development in Sweden / Bo Rothstein -- The soft state : making policy in a different context / Hans Blomkvist -- Interpretive analysis and policy studies / Douglas E. Ashford -- Democratic social engineering : Karl Popper, political theory, and policy analysis / James Farr -- Functionalism and policy studies / Norman Furniss -- Welfare ideologies and state policies : British oppositions / Anthony Skillen.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Policy constitution through discourse : discourse transformations and the modern state in Central Europe / Björn Wittrock and Peter Wagner -- Political science and policy studies / Douglas E. Ashford -- Parties, politics, and democratic choice / Bert A. Rockman -- Public policy and public bureaucracy / B. Guy Peters -- Ordaining powers : rediscovering the state through policy studies ; Conclusion : the policy connection : subject or object? / Douglas E. Ashford.".
• catalog title "History and context in comparative public policy / Douglas E. Ashford, editor.".
• catalog type "text".