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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"historical institutionalism"”.
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Historical Institutionalism and Defense Public Procurement: The Case of Other Transactions Agreements
… qualitative methods, and drawing on the OT and historical institutionalism literature, this study explores institutional factors that may explain why DoD has not more widely used OTs. The study relied on interviews with DoD employees and contractors. OT case studies were used to triangulate the …
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A HISTORICAL INSTITUTIONALIST ACCOUNT OF GALILEO SATELLITE NAVIGATION.
… the cases of France and Italy. It uses historical institutionalism to illustrate how institutional changes centered on the European Union caused this change. It also contributes to historical institutionalism by introducing speed controls.
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The institutional effects of the Scottish Parliament upon organised interests.
… approaches - rational choice, sociological and historical institutionalism “ is more applicable than the other two in certain circumstances. Sociological institutionalism is the most applicable new institutionalist approach in explaining behaviour during the bringing about of change; historical …
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Business and the state in Malawi:the politics of institutional formation, maintenance and change
… more aware of this. Thirdly, it contributes to historical institutionalism by suggesting that the concept of critical junctures should be defined based on people’s expectations for, rather than effects of, institutional change; that history should be emphasised not just for explaining …
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Political Party organisation in East Asia : towards a new framework for the analysis of party formation and change
… and party leadership. Based on the ideas of historical institutionalism, it will argue that party organisation is the product of strategic decisions made in a strategically selective context. The framework is then applied to political parties in the newer democracies of South Korea, Taiwan, …
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The creation of the European Environment Agency and its impact on national administrations in Germany, France and Britain
… different degrees. This thesis draws heavily on historical institutionalism and Europeanization theories when 'testing' three hypotheses. Unpublished new empirical findings are also presented.This thesis argues that the EEA‘s impact on its member countries has, overall, remained very limited …
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Navigating the Health Equity Gap: Bridging Systemic Challenges in Health Promotion Across Welfare States
… primary theoretical framework, complemented by historical institutionalism and systems theory, this research explores the systemic barriers that hinder health promotion efforts, particularly in addressing upstream social determinants of health. The dissertation is structured in three parts. The …
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Accountability and regulatory governance in a cross-jurisdictional market: a case study of the all-island energy market (Ireland)
… This research explores, through the lens of historical institutionalism, the issue of regulatory accountability in the case of the cross-jurisdictional energy market on the island of Ireland which has evolved to implement European and domestic energy policy goals. The research considers the …
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Assessing the European Union’s Energy Policy: the nature of interests and conflicts in a changing historical environment
… on the neo-Gramscian approach, informed by a historical institution-alist perspective, and certain elements of the post-structuralist account, I provide a more convincing and thorough explanation of several considerable shifts in EU energy policy, beginning with competitiveness in the 1990s, …
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A Critical Analysis of Apprenticeship Programs in British Columbia
… tracing, within the theoretical framework of historical institutionalism. The findings demonstrate that apprenticeships are a unique skills training ecosystem that typify an employment logic, but are nestled within a broader vocational education system that is typified by an education logic. …
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A Comparative Analysis Of Mental Health Reform: Canada, The United Kingdom, And Australia
… control and levels of privatization. Using a historical institutionalism framework, the research examines how state-based institutional configurations impact the use and outcomes of mental health policy levers. The research investigates the relationship between healthcare governance and …
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Equality and non-discrimination in the post-Yugoslav space: intersectionality under law in Croatia, Macedonia and Slovenia
… inequalities under law. It draws on historical institutionalism as a methodological approach for explaining change over time. The research also generates empirical data via semi-structured interviews with relevant stakeholders and policymakers (including legal practitioners), and …
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Lokal forskningspolitik : Institutionell dynamik och organisatorisk omvandling vid Lunds universitet 1980-2005
… evolution developed within the tradition of historical institutionalism, and the processes and mechanisms behind different evolutionary paths. In the empirical parts of the study, I first analyze processes of institutional change within modern science. The study departures from and criticizes …
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Path Dependency or Path Creation? Transitions in Policy Ideas and Reform Strategies in Contemporary New Zealand Pension Politics
… in traditional path dependency. Adopting historical institutionalism as the theoretical framework and utilizing case studies, document analysis, and semi-structured interviews, this research deeply analyses the perspectives of 14 key figures involved in New Zealand's pension reform, …
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LABOURING TO TEACH: ACCOUNTING FOR POLICY TRANSFORMATIONS IN TEACHERS' LABOUR AND INSTITUTIONAL REGIMES IN CHILE BETWEEN 1980-2021
… contributions from relational sociology and historical institutionalism. These additions help to elucidate how teacher accountability policies are sustained through, and redefine, those social relations binding teachers’ work with the educational sphere within capitalist production and social …
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Historic Institutionalism and urban morphology in Jakarta: Drawing the link between flood policy and impacts on urban form & social sustainability
… the urban form of North Jakarta in real time. Historical institutionalism is utilised as an analytical approach to understand the characteristics of planning decisions and the culture of institutions and decision-making, how certain approaches have come to be relied on, and the manner in which …
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Development Control in Transitional Urban China from an Institutional Perspective: Shanghai in the “Era of Redevelopment” as Case Study
… broader logic of governance. This research uses historical institutionalism and transaction cost theory to build the theoretical framework as the institutional theories enable the consideration of two key elements central to development control in urban China: land property rights and the …
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A Historical Institutionalist Analysis of the Evolution of South Africa's Municipal Electricity Sector within the Broader Electricity Supply Industry
… study has been partly inspired by the fact that historical narratives on the evolution of the South African Electricity Supply Industry (ESI), have for the most part focused on the national vertically integrated utility, Eskom; with far less attention being paid to the role that the municipal …
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A neo-Schumpeterian study of the developmental techno-politics of post-socialist Bulgaria and Kazakhstan
… studies, critical innovation studies, historical institutionalism and studies of Socio-Technical Transitions (STT) particularly regarding techno-politics in the context of economic catching up. Methodologically, the scholarly inquiry develops a novel, boundary-spanning, …
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The sustainability of Saskatchewan municipalities
… developed by Dr. George Tsebelis, which employs historical institutionalism for its explanatory power to illustrate the resistance to change. The interview data are analyzed using the NVivo analytical platform, which allowed me to produce trend lines based on assigned attributes and codes. A …
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