Stability and Change in Public Policy
In this project we take a closer look at patterns of stability and change in public policy. Most of the time most politics appears stable and inertial, but now and then sweeping and major changes occur and shift the existing policy making path. Combining theories of agenda-setting with institutional arguments we try in this project to enhance our understanding of these patterns of policy dynamics. The question is not whether stability and change occur in public policy, but under which conditions such patterns are most likely.
Publications:
Baumgartner, Frank R.,
Baumgartner, Frank R., Christian Breunig, Christoffer Green-Pedersen, Bryan D. Jones, Peter B. Mortensen, Stefaan Walgrave, Michiel Neyutemans (2009). "Punctuated Equilibrium in Comparative Perspective", American Journal of Political Science 53, 3, 603-620.
Breunig, Christian, Koski, Chris & Peter B. Mortensen (2010). "Stability and Punctuations in Public Spending: a Comparative Study of Budget Functions", Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 20, 3, 703-722.
Jones Bryan D., Frank R. Baumgartner, Christian Breunig, Christopher Wlezien, Stuart Soroka, Martial Foucault, Abel François, Christoffer Green-Pedersen, Chris Koski, Peter John, Peter B. Mortensen, Scott Robinson, Frédéric Varone, Stefaan Walgrave (2009). “A General Empirical Law of Public Budgets: A Comparative Analysis”, American Journal of Political Science 53, 3, 855-873.
Mortensen, Peter B. (2005). "Policy Punctuations in Danish Local Budgeting", Public Administration, vol. 83 nr. 4, s. 931-950.
Mortensen, Peter B. (2007). “Stability and Change in Public Policy. A Longitudinal Study of Comparative Subsystem Dynamics”, Policy Studies Journal, 35, 3, 373-394.
