This book theorizes subversive action, a neglected mechanism in the new institutionalism literature. Subversive action is political in nature, secretly undermining some institutions to open up alternative ideas or to secure existing institutions by secretly undermining adversaries.
Jan Olsson is Professor of Political Science at Örebro University, Sweden. His research focus is on policy analysis, public administration, and planning. He has published articles on policy-making, implementation, multi-level governance and inside activism in journals such as the Journal of European Public Policy, Planning Theory and Practice, andEnvironmental Politics.
Chapter1. Introduction.- Chapter2. Agency in new institutionalism.- Chapter 3. Subversive action.- Chapter 4. Subversive action in context.- Chapter 5. Stability, change and subversive action.- Chapter6. Conclusion and reflections.
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