Patterns of Policy Instrument Choice: Policy Styles, Policy Learning and the Privatization Experience |
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| Authors: | Michael Howlett M. Ramesh |
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| Affiliation: | Michael Howlett is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. He has published widely on various aspects of resource and environmental policymaking in Canada and elsewhere. His recent work has appeared in Publius, Policy Sciences, Policy Studies Journal and Canadian Journal of Political Science.;M. Ramesh is lecturer in public policy at the University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. He has published extensively in the area of international political economy and is currently engaged in research on cross-national learning in emerging regional trade blocks. His most recent book is The PoZificaZ Economy of Canada: An Introduction. |
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| Abstract: | The spread of privatization in almost every country over the last decade reflects a rapid and fundamental change in patterns of policy instrument usage. Yet the literature on policy instruments has almost nothing to say on this perhaps most significant development in public policy in recent times. This paper's objective is to aid in the development of a theory of policy instrument choice which is capable of dealing with instances of long-term, cross-national changes in policy instrument usage. It will be argued that reconceptualization of instrument choices in terms of policy learning can aid in this theoretical project. |
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