political science

constraints on policy making (cont.)
and institutional constraints 557
administrative procedures 564
class divisions560 1
Economic Development
Administration (USA)564 5
impact of policy studies on
institutionalist theory558 61
impact of previous policies559 60
independent agencies 562
interest groups558 9
juridical democracy562 3
neocorporatism 561
political bias 560
political procedures 562
polity’s structure 561
state 559
typologies of political systems565 7
veto players theory 567
veto points 567
interest groups23 4
and social and cultural factors:
bureaucratic agents580 1
categorization576 7, 582
Chicago school tradition574 6
cultural diVerences577 8
cultural notions572 3
cultural variety 573 ,576 81
direct observation of behavior582 4
general laws 576
impact of simple policy578 9
insider/outsider observation 573
language 582
priorexperiences 578
selectorate sensitive politicians579 80
solutions looking for problems22 3
see alsopath dependency; political
feasibility
constructivism, and learning 379
consumer choice theory 753
consumer surplus 735
contestation, and meaning 195
contingent valuation (CV)751 2
and criticism of752 4
contracting out14 15, 16 ,
181 2
contracts, and regulatory regimes 654

control:

and central control 14 ,17 18

and loss of 14

and networks485 6

and New Public Management 15 ,453 4

weakening of political control458 9

and organizational control 471

and public private interaction 507

and regulatory regimes657 8

convening:

and consensus building284 5

and dealing with problematic ends396 7

convergence:

and globalization590 1

and learning 369

conversation, and persuasion 269

see alsodialogue and argumentation

conviction, ethics of 401

cooperation:

and civil society 625

and implementation 485

and inadequate voluntary

cooperation638 9

andmarkets 625

and practice413 15

coordination:

and joined up government460 2

and networks 440

corporatism 429

corporatist welfare regimes 612

cost analysis 541 ,736 41

and cost feasibility analysis (CFB) 736 , 738

and cost utility analysis (CUA) 736 ,738 9,

766

and cost eVectiveness analysis (CEA) 736 ,

766 7

and decision making 737

and uncertainty737 8

see alsocost beneWt analysis; economic

valuation

cost beneWt analysis 541 ,739 41

and commensurability problem755 61

aggregation 757

health care756 7

preference establishment759 60

quality adjusted life year

(QALY)758 61

942 subject index