Policy Path Dependency is a theoretical construct in policy studies that explains how past decisions and institutional trajectories constrain current and future policy choices by creating self-reinforcing mechanisms that limit the range of feasible alternatives.
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Path Dependency In Policy
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Neil Brenner, Jamie Peck, Nik Theodore · Globalizations · 2010 · 535 citations · Full text
Social Sciences, Regulatory Policy, Institutional Theory +11
A Critique of the Use of Path Dependency in Policy Studies
Adrian Kay · Public Administration · 2005 · 514 citations
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University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
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9 publications
889 citations
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
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12 publications
976 citations
Radboud University Nijmegen
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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831 citations
London School of Economics and Political Science
London, United Kingdom
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13 publications
5.2K citations
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
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703 citations
University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway
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297 citations
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
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University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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274 citations
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- SSRN Electronic Journal
Repository · 10 publications · 475 citations
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- Journal of European Social Policy
8 publications · 544 citations
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- Journal of European Public Policy
JEPP · 8 publications · 590 citations
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- Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law
JHPPL · 6 publications · 310 citations
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- Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Research and Practice
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