political science

and ad hoc nature of 377
and advocacy coalitions373 4
and agency380 1
and benchmarking 381
and cognition382 3
and collaborative nature of377 9
communities of practice 378
friends378 9
interaction380 1
networks of practice 378
and collective learning 411
and communication378 9, 383
and comparison384 5
and constraints 245
and convergence 369
and deWnitional diYculties 367
and diVusion369 71
and factors shaping 373
and government 368 ,371 2
and implementation 367 , 377 ,
382 3
and interaction 411
and models of
mechanistic 379
organic 379
tensions between379 80
and path dependency 382
and political learning 372
in practice376 9
lesson drawing 376
and pragmatism383 4
and processes of 367
andpublic policy367 8
as collective puzzling372 3
and social learning372 3,374 5
paradigm shifts 375
and systems theory 383
and trial and error learning
interjurisdictional learning 351
system wide learning350 1
and uncertainty 382
see alsocritical listening, and learning
least feasible risk criterion238 40
least restrictive means principle 247
legal studies, and critical theory 192
legislation, and drafting of219 20
legitimacy:
and appropriateness 692

and political systems894 5

and public private interaction 507

and regulatory regimes661 3

accountability 662

credible commitment 661

instrumentalism662 3

tensions around 662

and social experimentation 815

lesson drawing, and learning 376

liberal welfare regimes 611 , 862 , 871

and poverty alleviation616 17

life, and utility of757 8

quality adjusted life year (QALY)758 61

linguistic turn, and policy analysis193 4

‘Listening to the City’ (New York)678 80

litigation:

and evolution of common law 358

and hard bargaining 269

localgovernment, and United Kingdom 12

local knowledge, and critical listening 133

localism, and decision making 10

‘lock in’, and path dependency348 9

long term policy analysis (LTPA)353 4

Lower Manhattan Development

Corporation678 80

Luxembourg Income Study 301

Lyndon B Johnson School of Public

AVairs 64

MacPherson Report (UK, 1999 ) 222

macroeconomic policy, and ‘impossible

trinity’ of policy choices537 8

Malaysia, and Asian crisis ( 1998 ) 539

malleability, and policy research

methodology835 8

changing public attitudes836 7

deWnition of 835

degrees of837 8

importance of 835

political feasibility835 6

management based regulation, and

collaborative governance511 12

managerialism, and civil service

(UK)158 60

Manhattan Institute 866

Manpower Development Research

Corporation (MDRC) 810 , 816 , 818 ,

827

subject index 959