dc.contributor.author | 6, P | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-18T11:25:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-03 | en_US |
dc.date.submitted | 2015-11-19T10:33:08.625Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1467-9299 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/9929 | |
dc.description.abstract | In understanding styles of political judgement in government decision-making, explanatory limitations of rational choice, prospect theoretic, historical institutional, groupthink, and other approaches suggest that there is space for developing other frameworks. This article argues that the neo-Durkheimian institutional theoretical framework deserves serious consideration. It shows that it offers a powerful causally explanatory framework for generating theories of decision-making in government which can be examined using historical comparative research designs. The value of the concept of a ‘thought style’ for understanding political judgement is demonstrated, and contrasted sharply with ideology. The theory argues that informal institutions explain thought styles. Well-known cases from the Cuban missile crisis, and the Wilson and Heath governments illustrate the argument. The article rebuts criticisms offered of the neo-Durkheimian institutional framework in the literature. Finally, it identifies recent developments and innovations in the approach that make it especially suited to explaining political judgement in government decision-making | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by the Leverhulme Trust (grant number: F01374I) | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 87 - 103 (16) | en_US |
dc.language | English | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Wiley Online | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Public administration | en_US |
dc.rights | "This is the peer reviewed version of the following article which has been published in final form at 10.1111/padm.12039. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving." | |
dc.subject | political judgment | en_US |
dc.subject | government decision making | en_US |
dc.subject | risk-taking | en_US |
dc.subject | thought styles | en_US |
dc.subject | social organisation | en_US |
dc.title | Explaining decision-making in government: the neo-Durkheimian institutional framework | en_US |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.rights.holder | © 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/padm.12039 | en_US |
pubs.issue | 1 | en_US |
pubs.notes | 24 months | en_US |
pubs.publication-status | Published | en_US |
pubs.publisher-url | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/padm.12039/abstract | en_US |
pubs.volume | 92 | en_US |
qmul.funder | Major Research Fellowship::Leverhulme Trust | en_US |