Small, Slow, and Gradual Reform: What can Historical Institutionalism Teach us?

Kickert, Walter; Meer, Frans-Bauke van der

doi:10.1080/01900692.2011.583768

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“…Maar de bestuurlijke bewegingen binnen de publieke sector beperken zich niet tot dit soort reorganisaties. Er zijn ook meer geleidelijke ontwikkelingen en trends die in het oog springen, zoals uit discussies over de te ver doorgeschoten prestatiesturing en over de teloorgang van kwaliteit en professionaliteit blijkt (Kickert & Van der Meer, 2011;Koppenjan, 2012). In ons streven om grip te krijgen op de recente verschuivingen en continue verbouwingen in de Nederlandse publieke sector, hadden wij behoefte aan een verhaal dat ons kan helpen de vele verbouwingen en bestuurlijke aanpassingen in de Nederlandse publieke sector te doorgronden.…”

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De blik naar buiten: bestuurlijke verbouwingen in het buitenland

Koppenjan¹,

Dicke²

2019

Bestuurskunde

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Hij doet onderzoek naar publiek management, meer in het bijzonder naar netwerksturing, management van grote projecten en publiek-private samenwerking. Dr. W.M. Dicke is bestuurskundige en werkt als domeinleider Internationaal bij de Vereniging van Nederlandse Universiteiten. In vorige functies werkte ze zowel als lid van de academische staf (universitair hoofddocent) als in het management van universiteiten. Met name internationale aspecten van het hoger onderwijs hebben haar belangstelling.

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De blik naar buiten: bestuurlijke verbouwingen in het buitenland

Koppenjan¹,

Dicke²

2019

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“…The ‘Gradual Change Framework’ (GCF) (Rocco and Thurston ) appears to be associated with many different terms such as ‘gradual institutional change’ (Rocco and Thurston ), ‘cumulative, but transformative’ change (Jensen ; Mizrahi and Cohen ), ‘small, slow, and gradual reform’ and ‘incremental, gradual transformations’ (Kickert and van der Meer ) and ‘subterranean political processes’, ‘hidden change’ or ‘silent revolutions’ of incremental adjustment (Hacker ). However, these seemingly small adjustments can cumulate into significant institutional transformation (Mahoney and Thelen ).…”

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“…First, there are a number of overlapping approaches and classifications that generally focus on different schools of new institutionalism (e.g. Oliver and Mossialos ; Kickert and van der Meer ; Schmidt ). Moreover, some writers point to links or overlaps between approaches.…”

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Reforming a Health Care System in a Big Way? The Case of Change in the British NHS

Powell

2016

Soc Policy Adm

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There is a significant literature on change in health care systems, but much of this has little explicit discussion of conceptual approaches, measures or explanations of change. This article examines studies of the British National Health Service (NHS) focusing on the what, how much and why of change. It sets out the main approaches to studying continuity and change: institutional continuity and path dependency (PD); incremental change; punctuated equilibrium; gradual institutional change; ideational analysis; paradigm change; and institutional logics. It briefly critically discusses each of these approaches, and then examines the main studies in chronological order. With reference to the three main questions of this article, the 'what' of change suggests that, in terms of the number of studies, PD and ideational approaches appear to be dominant. The 'how much' of change question remains problematic due to unclear dependent variables and conflicting conclusions. Lastly, the 'why' of change remains unresolved. In short, studies of change in the British NHS tend to be overly descriptive and under-theorized, and do not fully address issues of theories and concepts, measures and explanations; or the what, how much and why of change.

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“…Furthermore the possibility of several outcomes as compared to linear processes and the possibility of small events with large effects on a course of action are also stressed. Thus, "real" change can be the outcome of gradual and piecemeal reform (Kickert and Meer 2011). The importance of path dependence in historical institutionalism implies that once established patterns, institutional rules, and ways of thinking will create self-reinforcing dynamics (Pierson and Skocpol 2002).…”

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New organisational structures and the transformation of academic work

Nyhagen

Baschung

2013

High Educ

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This research group at the Department of administration and organisation theory has existed under different headings or names. In one period the current name, Knowledge and politics, was a reminder of the relationship to the conferences "Knowledge and politics". From 2003 to 2008 conferences were organised in Bergen; in 2008 "Elitism vs. creativity? The political and economic construction of knowledge hierarchies in times of mass higher education", in 2007 "America-a model for Europe? Comparing regions in the debate on higher education and research", in 2006 "Towards a New Contract Between Universities and Society?", in 2005 "The Bologna Process and the Shaping of the Future Knowledge Societies", in 2004 "Politics and knowledge: Democratizing knowledge in times of the expert" and in 2003 "Knowledge and politics-towards the new knowledge society throughout my doctoral project. Especially in the last stages of the dissertation the motivation and clear comments from my supervisor have been crucial. Thanks to my co-supervisor, Professor Christine Musselin, for commenting on drafts and for creating an opportunity for me to host Centre de Sociologie des Organisations in Paris. Also thanks to the PhD network around higher education research which developed in relation to the project "Steering of Universities" and Euredocs (European research and higher education doctoral studies). In particular the collaboration with Lukas Baschung has been rewarding for the dissertation. Not least I want to thank my colleagues at the Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies and in particular members of the group Culture, Power and Meaning: Ole Brekke, Gry Brandser, Kristin L. Hope and Knut Grove. I also want to thank Ingrid Helgøy for backing me up in the last stages of the PhD project. Thanks to my in-laws for caring and for being inclusive. Thanks to my good friends Line, Sylva and Serine for lots of laughter and getting my mind off my PhD! I want to show my gratitude to my parents, Olga and Kjell. Thanks to my mother for her support and care; she has been the symbol of my yonder*-being in between Norwegian and Colombian culture. Thanks to my father, who passed away a year ago, but during my childhood aroused my curiosity for knowledge and invited in reflection. Lastly I want to thank my husband Atle for unconditional and priceless support throughout the doctoral project. Having been in the same boat with our individual doctoral projects has first and foremost been enrichment. I have the greatest respect for your professional and intellectual feedback. And finally thanks to my two beloved sons Daniel and Alfred who in different periods have been born into your mother's educational pathway. Thanks for being you. Gigliola *Yonder refers to "between here and there" in Siri Hustvedts "A plea for eros." 8 This section draws on ideas from the SUN project as discussed in "University governance. Western European Comparative Perspectives" (Paradeise et al. 2009).

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Small, Slow, and Gradual Reform: What can Historical Institutionalism Teach us?

Cited by 30 publications

References 26 publications

De blik naar buiten: bestuurlijke verbouwingen in het buitenland

De blik naar buiten: bestuurlijke verbouwingen in het buitenland

Reforming a Health Care System in a Big Way? The Case of Change in the British NHS

New organisational structures and the transformation of academic work

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