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Zombie ideas : why failed policy ideas persist

Title: Zombie ideas : why failed policy ideas persist / Brainard Guy Peters, Maximilian Lennart Nagel.
Author: Peters, B. Guy
Publication: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, [2020]

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Additional Authors

Nagel, Maximilian Lennart

Description

59 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

"Ideas are important in shaping the policy choices of governments. But many ideas that have not been successful in the past continue to be used by policymakers, and some good ideas tend not to be adopted. This Element will focus on why governments make these poor policy choices. We will discuss a number of examples of 'zombie ideas' that refuse to die, and then discuss the factors that are associated with their survival. Those factors occur at the elite, the organizational and the societal levels. We will also examine some 'ghost' ideas that may well be successful but have a difficult time being adopted, and the factors that are associated with the exclusion of these ideas from the policy process."--Page 4 of cover

Series Statement

Cambridge elements. Elements in public policy, 2514-3565

Uniform Title

Cambridge elements. Elements in public policy.

Subject

Genre/Form

Informational works.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 50-59).

Contents

Policy ideas and public policies -- What do we mean by zombie ideas? -- Why do zombie ideas persist? -- The uses of zombie ideas -- How do ideas become zombies? -- Hypothese about the likelihood of zombie ideas.

Call Number

JFE 22-941

ISBN

9781108926034
1108926037

OCLC

1196246579

Author

Peters, B. Guy, author.

Title

Zombie ideas : why failed policy ideas persist / Brainard Guy Peters, Maximilian Lennart Nagel.

Publisher

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, [2020]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Creator/Contributor Characteristics

Gender group: Men

Brainard Guy Peters: Nationality/regional group: Americans

Occupational/field of activity group: University and college faculty members

Series

Cambridge elements. Elements in public policy, 2514-3565

Cambridge elements. Elements in public policy.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 50-59).

Local Note

AUTH: U PITTSBURGH. EXAMINES WHY POOR POLICY CHOICES ARE TRIED & REPEATED AGST BETTER POLICY CHOICES

Added Author

Nagel, Maximilian Lennart, author.

Other Form:

Electronic version: Peters, Brainard Guy. Zombie ideas. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020 9781108921312 (OCoLC)1228051094

Research Call Number

JFE 22-941

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