Dismantling public policy : preferences, strategies, and effects / edited by Michael W. Bauer ... [and others].

Paperback edition first issued 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Dismantling debates and analytical approaches. 1. Policy dismantling: an introduction / Andrew Jordan, Christoffer Green-Pedersen, and John Turnpenny -- 2. Understanding policy dismantling: an analytical framework / Michael W. Bauer and Christoph Knill -- Part II. The dynamics of policy dismantling. Active dismantling. 3. Sequences of active policy dismantling? Path dependency in pension reform processes / Sophie Schmitt -- 4. Active dismantling under high institutional constraints? Explaining the Bush administration's attempts to weaken US air pollution control policy / Stefanie Korte and Helge Jor̈gens -- Dismantling by default. 5. From dismantling by default to arena shifting? Child benefits policy in Spain / Andrea Bianculli, Nicole Jenne, and Jacint Jordana -- 6. Dismantling by default? The indexation of social benefits in four countries / Christoffer Green-Pedersen, Flemming Juul Christiansen, Eva-Maria Euchner, Carsten Jensen, and John Turnpenny -- Dismantling by symbolic action. 7. When the dismantling of an ineffective policy becomes increasingly costly: default strategies, arena shifting, and symbolic action in German waste policy / Dominik Bernauer and Christoph Knill -- 8. From dismantling by default to symbolic dismantling? Water policy in the United Kingdom / Andrew Jordan and John Turnpenny -- Part III. Comparative conclusions. 9. Dismantling public policy: preferences, strategies, and effects / Michael W. Bauer, Andrew Jordan, Christoffer Green-Pedersen, and Adrienne Heŕitier.