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Identifying institutional configurations for policy outcomes: A comparison of ecosystem services delivery
Author(s) -
Bazzan Giulia,
Candel Jeroen,
Daugbjerg Carsten,
Pecurul Mireia
Publication year - 2023
Publication title -
policy studies journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1541-0072
pISSN - 0190-292X
DOI - 10.1111/psj.12476
Subject(s) - typology , flexibility (engineering) , variation (astronomy) , process (computing) , institutional analysis , european union , institutional theory , isolation (microbiology) , business , environmental resource management , process management , knowledge management , public economics , computer science , economics , sociology , biology , management , social science , physics , astrophysics , anthropology , microbiology and biotechnology , economic policy , operating system
This paper employs the Institutional Analysis and Development framework across six ecosystem delivery measures in the European Union to develop a configurational explanation of (un)successful outcomes. By undertaking comparative institutional analysis, we systematically examine the effect of variation across rule types and generate insights on how different institutional configurations result in varying degrees of successful implementation of ecosystem delivery measures. We apply explanatory typology methods to identify the institutional features that best explain variation in implementation success across a number of cases. We argue that institutional rules shape outcomes in conjunction rather than in isolation. The findings show that differences in implementation success across cases can be explained by the interplay of differences in knowledge exchange, flexibility in implementation, and participation in the policy design process.