TY - JOUR
T1 - Ideas and institutional conversion through layering
T2 - The case of Israeli immigration policy
AU - Shpaizman, Ilana
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2014/12/1
Y1 - 2014/12/1
N2 - Gradual transformative policy change has attracted increasing attention in recent times. However, existing explanations for the evolvement of the various modes of such change do not account for the direction and content of change and also have difficulty with more complex policy change processes in which several modes are employed. Ideational analysis can fill this gap, albeit most ideational research does not address gradual policy and ideational changes. Based on a process tracing of two cases from Israeli immigration policy, this article argues that a low level of discretion and a strong status quo bias are conditions that enable institutional conversion through layering. Ideational change in policy solution and problem definition ideas, and the interaction between the two, can explain this pattern and its direction. The article not only expands our knowledge of gradual transformative change, but also moves ideational research a step beyond punctuated equilibrium.
AB - Gradual transformative policy change has attracted increasing attention in recent times. However, existing explanations for the evolvement of the various modes of such change do not account for the direction and content of change and also have difficulty with more complex policy change processes in which several modes are employed. Ideational analysis can fill this gap, albeit most ideational research does not address gradual policy and ideational changes. Based on a process tracing of two cases from Israeli immigration policy, this article argues that a low level of discretion and a strong status quo bias are conditions that enable institutional conversion through layering. Ideational change in policy solution and problem definition ideas, and the interaction between the two, can explain this pattern and its direction. The article not only expands our knowledge of gradual transformative change, but also moves ideational research a step beyond punctuated equilibrium.
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U2 - 10.1111/padm.12112
DO - 10.1111/padm.12112
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AN - SCOPUS:84919846581
SN - 0033-3298
VL - 92
SP - 1038
EP - 1053
JO - Public Administration
JF - Public Administration
IS - 4
ER -