Zombie Ideas : Why Failed Policy Ideas Persist (Elements in Public Policy)

Peters, Brainard Guy/ Nagel, Maximilian Lennart

Cambridge University Press（2020/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 75 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781108926034
• DDC分類 320.6

Full Description

Ideas are important in shaping the policy choices of governments. But many ideas that have not been successful in the past continue to be used by policymakers, and some good ideas tend not to be adopted. This Element will focus on why governments make these poor policy choices. We will discuss a number of examples of 'zombie ideas' that refuse to die, and then discuss the factors that are associated with their survival. Those factors occur at the elite, the organizational and the societal level. We will also examine some 'ghost' ideas that may well be successful but have a difficult time being adopted, and the factors that are associated with the exclusion of these ideas from the policy process.

Contents

1. Policy ideas and public problems; 2. What do we mean by zombie ideas?; 3. Why do zombie ideas persist?; 4. The uses of zombie ideas; 5. How do ideas become zombies?; 6. Hypotheses about the likelihood of zombie ideas; 7. Conclusions.