Institutionalism: State Models and Policy Processes

Abstract

Introduction: multi-level and multi-actor governance / Oscar van Heffen, Walter Kickert and Jacques Thomassen -- pt. I. Effects of Government Institutions -- The comitology game: European policymaking with parliamentary involvement / Bernard Steunenberg and Dieter Schmidtchen -- Institutional change in the emerging European polity / Kees van Kersbergen, Robert H. Leishout and Bertjan Verbeek -- The secret and cost of success: institutional change and policy change / Michiel S. de Vries -- The swamp of Dutch politics: how the impact of modernization on political behavior is modified by institutional context / Kees Aarts, Jacques Thomassen and Pieter van Wijnen -- Interactive decision making and representative democracy: institutional collisions and solutions / Erik-Hans Klijn and Joop F.M. Koppenjan -- Is mediation a suitable alternative to court trials? An assessment of institutional effects on the processing of disputes / Mirjan Oude Vrielink -- Institutionalism: state models and policy processes / Oscar van Heffen and Pieter-Jan Klok -- pt. II. Change of government institutions -- Restructuring a corporatist welfare state: managed liberalization and the role of the state, the social partners and the market in Dutch social security and labor market policy / Romke van der Veen -- Administrative conditions to institutional politics: federalism in a unitary state / Theo A.J. Toonen -- Public governance in Europe: a historical-institutional tour d'horizon / Walter J.M. Kickert and Jan L.M. Hakvoort -- Information and communication technology and the redefinition of the functional and normative boundaries of government / Victor J.J.M. Bekkers -- pt. III. Formation of government institutions -- The mobilization of bias revisited: institutional design, cultural bias and policy-oriented learning / Frank Hendriks -- Interactive policy making as a serious alternative: Balancing between an open and closed approach / Monique Esselbrugge -- Process Management / Hans de Bruijn and Ernst ten Heuvelhof -- Managing public-private partnerships: influencing processes and institutional context of public-private partnerships / Erik-Hans Klijn and Geert R. Teisman -- Legal institutions as systems of legal norms / Dick W.P. Ruiter.