Games Real Actors Play: Actor-centered Institutionalism In Policy Research (Theoretical Lenses on Public Policy)

335 Pages·1997·49.52 MB·English

by  Fritz W Scharpf

Games Real Actors Play
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Theoretical Lenses on Public Policy
Series Editor, Paul Sabatier
Games Real Actors Play: Actor-Centered Institutionalism
in Policy Research, Fritz W. Scharpf
Other People's Money: Policy Change, Congress, and Bank Regulation,
Jeffrey Worsham
Policy Change and Learning: An Advocacy Approach,
edited by Paul A. Sabatier and Hank C. Jenkins-Smith
Institutional Incentives and Sustainable Development:
Infrastructure Policies in Perspective,
Elinor Ostrom, Larry Schroeder, and Susan Wynn
Parties, Policies, and Democracy,
Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Richard I, Hofferbert, and Ian Budge
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Games
Real Actors
Play
Actor-Centered Institutionalism
in Policy Research
Fritz W. Scharpf
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A Member of the Perseus Books Group
Theoretical Lenses on Public Policy
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Contents
List of Tables and Figures xi
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction 1
1 Policy Research in the Face of Complexity 19
2 Actor-Centered Institutionalism 36
3 Actors 51
4 Actor Constellations 69
5 Unilateral Action in Anarchic Fields and Minimal Institutions 97
6 Negotiated Agreements 116
7 Decisions by Majority Vote 151
8 Hierarchical Direction 171
9 Varieties of the Negotiating State 195
Appendix I: A Game-Theoretical Interpretation of
Inflation and Unemployment in Western Europe 217
Appendix 2: Efficient Self-Coordination in Policy Networks—
A Simulation Study, with Matthias Mohr 245
References 281
About the Book and Author 303
Index 305
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