Is Morality Policy Different? Testing Sectoral and Institutional Explanations of Policy Change.
We analyze morality policy change from the perspective of punctuated equilibrium theory (PET) to test whether reform dynamics in this policy sector follow a distinct pattern. First, we propose a new measurement scheme capturing changes in the intensity of morality policy output. Second, we demonstra...
| Published in: | Policy Studies Journal Vol. 45; no. 4; pp. 688 - 713 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
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