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Narrative stories, institutional rules, and the politics of pension policy in Canada and the United States
Policy and Society ( IF 10.104 ) Pub Date : 2019-07-03 , DOI: 10.1080/14494035.2019.1644071
Daniel Béland 1, 2
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ABSTRACT Deborah Stone’s Policy Paradox stresses the role of narrative stories in the construction of policy problems. This article takes a critical look at the Policy Paradox and at the claim that paying close attention to narratives is essential to the analysis of policy change. Drawing on recent scholarship on the role of ideas in public policy, the article shows that the analysis of narratives is part of a broader intellectual project associated with the ideational turn in policy analysis. The article explains how the analysis of narrative stories should take institutional factors into account, which can shape policy decisions. To illustrate these theoretical claims, the article analyzes the debate over public pension reform in the United States and Canada during the last 25 years. More specifically, the article compares the reform of the Canada Pension Plan during the mid-1990s and the failed push to privatize US Social Security during the Bill Clinton and the George W. Bush presidencies. The analysis stresses that, while narrative stories shape problem definition, institutional legacies influence policy adoption.

中文翻译:

加拿大和美国的故事,制度规则和养老金政策的政治

摘要黛博拉·斯通的《政策悖论》强调了叙事故事在政策问题的建构中的作用。本文对“政策悖论”进行了批判性研究,并认为,密切关注叙述对于分析政策变化至关重要。借助最近关于思想在公共政策中的作用的学术研究,文章表明,叙事分析是与政策分析中的思想转向相关的更广泛的智力项目的一部分。本文解释了对叙事故事的分析应如何考虑制度因素,这些因素可以影响政策决策。为了说明这些理论主张,本文分析了过去25年中美国和加拿大有关公共养老金改革的辩论。进一步来说,这篇文章比较了1990年代中期加拿大退休金计划的改革,以及在比尔·克林顿和乔治·W·布什任职期间未能推动美国社会保障私有化的努力。分析强调,尽管叙事故事塑造了问题的定义,但机构的遗产影响着政策的采用。
更新日期:2019-07-03
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