Zombie Ideas
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Zombie Ideas

Why Failed Policy Ideas Persist

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Zombie Ideas

Why Failed Policy Ideas Persist

About this book

Ideas are important in shaping the policy choices of governments. But many ideas that have not been successful in the past continue to be used by policymakers, and some good ideas tend not to be adopted. This Element will focus on why governments make these poor policy choices. We will discuss a number of examples of 'zombie ideas' that refuse to die, and then discuss the factors that are associated with their survival. Those factors occur at the elite, the organizational and the societal level. We will also examine some 'ghost' ideas that may well be successful but have a difficult time being adopted, and the factors that are associated with the exclusion of these ideas from the policy process.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Contents
  5. 1 Policy Ideas and Public Policies
  6. 2 What Do We Mean by Zombie Ideas?
  7. 3 Why Do Zombie Ideas Persist?
  8. 4 The Uses of Zombie Ideas
  9. 5 How Do Ideas Become Zombies?
  10. 6 Hypotheses About the Likelihood of Zombie Ideas
  11. 7 Conclusion
  12. References