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A Discursive Institutionalist Approach to Understanding Comparative Policy Change: I reland and M exico in the 1980s
Author(s) -
Hogan John,
O'Rourke Brendan K.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
latin american policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.195
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2041-7373
pISSN - 2041-7365
DOI - 10.1111/lamp.12079
Subject(s) - juncture , historical institutionalism , certainty , industrial policy , institutional change , economic system , political science , economics , public administration , market economy , epistemology , engineering , law , politics , philosophy , structural engineering
Employing the critical juncture theory, a discursive institutionalist approach, this article examines the nature of changes to I rish industrial policy and to M exican macroeconomic policy in the early 1980s. Were these significant changes, or were they continuations of previously established policy pathways? The critical juncture theory consists of three elements—economic crisis, ideational change, and the nature of the policy change—that we must identify to be able to declare with some certainty if the policy changes constituted critical junctures. Our findings will help explain why I rish industrial policy did not undergo a radical transformation during the 1980s, whereas M exican macroeconomic policy underwent major change.