Title:Introduction to the Special Issue on the Evolution of Institutions
Author(s):BLYTH, Mark; HODGSON, Geoffrey M.; LEWIS, Orion; STEINMO, SvenDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:How can evolutionary ideas be applied to the study of social and political institutions? Charles Darwin identified the mechanisms of variation, selection and retention. He emphasized that evolutionary change depends on the ...
Title:Introduction. The Shadow of Hierarchy and New Modes of Governance
Author(s):HERITIER, Adrienne; LEHMKUHL, DirkDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This special issue about sectoral governance in the shadow of hierarchy focuses on two sets of questions. Firstly, do new modes of sectoral governance in themselves contribute to the efficacy of policymaking or do they ...
Title:Introduction: Contested Competences in the European Union
Author(s):FARRELL, Henry; HERITIER, AdrienneDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In this article, we set out an approach to European Union politics that seeks to explain its development using theories of institutional change. In contrast to dominant theories which assume that the Treaties, the governing ...
Title:Introduction: devolution and public policy in comparative perspective
Author(s):KEATING, Michael; MCEWEN, NicolaDate:2005Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Devolution has transferred important policy competences to sub-state levels in Europe but there has been little research on the effect of this on policy choices. Studies of the United Kingdom, Spain and Belgium illustrate ...
Title:Introduction: How does race 'count' in fighting discrimination in Europe?
Author(s):GRIGOLO, Michele; HERMANIN, Costanza; MOSCHEL, MathiasDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:As opposed to the American and British reality, most European countries have adopted a position towards ethno-racial discrimination which could be summarized as attempting to fight ‘racism without races’. This piece outlines ...
Title:Inviting Complementary Perspectives on Situated Normativity in Everyday Life
Author(s):KLAASSEN, Pim; RIETVELD, Erik; TOPAL, JulienDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In everyday life, situations in which we act adequately yet entirely without deliberation are ubiquitous. We use the term situated normativity for the normative aspect of embodied cognition in skillful action. Wittgenstein's ...
Title:Irish explanations
Author(s):KEATING, MichaelDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Books reviewed:
Preventing the Future: Why was Ireland so Poor for so Long?
Tom Garvin
(Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 2004), xiv+278pp., ISBN: 0717137716
The Economy of Ireland: National and Sectoral Policy Issues
J. ...