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  The Emergence and Evolution of Social Pacts: A Provisional Framework for Comparative Analysis

Avdagic, S., Rhodes, M., & Visser, J. (2005). The Emergence and Evolution of Social Pacts: A Provisional Framework for Comparative Analysis. European Governance Papers.

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Avdagic, Sabina1, 2, Author           
Rhodes, Martin, Author
Visser, Jelle1, 3, Author
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1Projekte von Gastwissenschaftlern und Postdoc-Stipendiaten, MPI for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Society, ou_1214554              
2Central European University, Budapest, ou_persistent22              
3Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, ou_persistent22              

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Free keywords: comparative public policy, political economy, sociological institutionalism, corporatism, policy learning, policy networks, organization theory, interest intermediation
 Abstract: This paper provides the scientific framework for the NEWGOV project Distributive Politics, Learning and Reform. In Part I, we establish our own definition and conceptualization of social pacts. We distinguish four types of pacts with different scope and depth: shadow pacts, headline pacts, coordinated wage setting, and embedded pacts akin to neocorporatist concertation. Part II is concerned with institutional formation, i.e. how such social pacts come into existence. We outline some standard functionalist accounts of institutional emergence, and critically examine them before proposing an alternative bargaining model. Part III is concerned with institutional development, i.e. what determines the continuation and institutionalization of social pacts or their de-institutionalization and demise. Based on the taxonomy of social pacts presented in Part I, we define two alternative evolutionary paths for social pacts (institutionalization and de-institutionalization), and identify three types of trajectory along which social pacts develop (repetition vs. abandonment; integration vs. disintegration; and expansion vs. reduction). We then outline four alternative mechanisms that may potentially drive the institutionalization or de-institutionalization of pacts. Grounded in the four major approaches for analysing institutions, i.e. the functionalist, utilitarian, normative, and power-distributional perspectives, this section proposes four groups of hypotheses to be evaluated in our empirical research.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 20052005
 Publication Status: Issued
 Pages: 44
 Publishing info: CONNEX
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 Identifiers: eDoc: 438289
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Title: European Governance Papers
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