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Conclusions: reassessing the framework
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posted on 2023-06-07, 20:05 authored by Sabina Avdagic, Martin Rhodes, Jelle VisserThis chapter assesses the book's analytical framework. Regarding social pact emergence, overall the evidence supports our central argument that pacts emerge via political processes driven by interests and power, not because of the role of ideas, through social learning, or via spontaneous coordination in response to problem loads. In instances of both success and failure, power balances, utilitarian costbenefit calculations as well as, ultimately, some 'shared perception' or appreciation of the problems or challenges ahead were critical in generating (or preventing) social pact responses. As for institutionalization, power-distributional mechanisms, often in combination with utilitarian concerns, are most frequently cited as explanation for both institutionalization and deinstitutionalization, and can trump functionalist pressures. Although we found that pacts sometimes produced cooperative norms, in no case were norms strong enough to determine institutionalization, or neutralize the effects of power shifts, severe economic setbacks, or dissatisfaction with outcomes.
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Oxford University PressBook title
Social Pacts in Europe: Emergence, Evolution and InstitutionalizationISBN
978-0-19-959074-2Department affiliated with
- Politics Publications
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The first part of this chapter is written solely by me and it provides a comparative overview of the case studies and the way in which the analytical framework proposed by myself in chapter 3 applies to these cases.Full text available
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Martin Rhodes, Jelle Visser, Sabina AvdagicLegacy Posted Date
2012-02-06Usage metrics
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