Open AccessFrom Comparative Public Policy to Political Economy
Author(s) -
Jonas Pontusson
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
comparative political studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.017
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1552-3829
pISSN - 0010-4140
DOI - 10.1177/0010414095028001007
Subject(s) - polity , politics , comparative politics , institutional change , economics , institutional analysis , political economy , public policy , institutional economics , economic system , comparative research , political science , public administration , sociology , social science , neoclassical economics , economic growth , law
The historical institutionalist tradition in comparative politics commonly assigns analytical primacy to political institutions. Whereas this polity-centeredness may be quite justifiable for purposes of comparative public policy, students of comparative political economy should pay systematic attention not only to economic institutions but also to a range of economic-structural variables that lie beyond the conventional confines of institutional analysis. Providing the basis for an analysis of collective actors and their interests, such an approach is needed to account for institutional change and policy realignments within stable institutions
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