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Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
The recent literature on path dependence in public policy has emphasized positive feedback effects that make it difficult to shift away from a policy regime once it is in place. Kent Weaver argues that policy regimes may also have strong negative feedback effects that undermine the political, fiscal or social sustainability of that policy regime. The prospects for a shift in policy regime depend largely on (1) the balance between positive and negative feedback effects, (2) the availability of incremental reform options that can be used to “patch” the status quo, and (3) the availability of politically and fiscally attractive regime transition options. Weaver points out that different policy regimes pose distinctive negative feedbacks, as well as having singular options for incremental reforms and regime transitions. Using pension policy regimes as a case study and drawing on evidence from the United States, Germany, Sweden, the U.K. and New Zealand, he shows that the interaction of these three factors can explain both patterns of incremental change and differential survival rates of public pension regimes across western industrial countries.
R. Kent Weaver is a professor of public policy and government at Georgetown University and a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution. His areas of expertise include entitlement programs, social policy, and comparative public policy. Weaver has published extensively on these topics and has authored or edited several books.
Information on participating / attending:
The WZB provides child care during the lecture. If you are interested, please respond by June 25, 2010, indicating the number of children and their age.
To register, please reply by July 1, 2010, to Marie Unger: marie.unger@wzb.eu, fax: 030/25491-680.
Date:
07/05/2010 17:00 - 07/05/2010 20:00
Registration deadline:
07/01/2010
Event venue:
Reichpietschufer 50, Room A 300
10785 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
Journalists, Scientists and scholars
Email address:
Relevance:
transregional, national
Subject areas:
Law, Politics, Social studies
Types of events:
Entry:
06/15/2010
Sender/author:
Dr. Paul Stoop
Department:
Informations- und Kommunikationsreferat
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event31707
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