Governance
January 2007 - Vol. 20 Issue 1 Page 1-164
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/gove/20/1
Special Issue:
Understanding Public Policy through Its Instruments
Pierre Lascoumes and Patrick Le Galès, editors
Articles
Introduction: Understanding Public Policy through Its Instruments—
From the Nature of Instruments to the Sociology of Public Policy
Instrumentation
PIERRE LASCOUMES , PATRICK LE GALES
pages 1–21
The Hidden Politics of Administrative Reform: Cutting French Civil
Service Wages with a Low-Profile Instrument
PHILIPPE BEZES
pages 23–56
Governing Standards: The Rise of Standardization Processes in France
and in the EU
OLIVIER BORRAZ
pages 57–84
Tracking the Evolution of a Single Instrument Can Reveal Profound
Changes: The Case of Funded Pensions in France
BRUNO PALIER
pages 85–107
The American State and Social Engineering: Policy Instruments in
Affirmative Action
DESMOND KING
pages 109–126
Intellectual Obsolescence and Intellectual Makeovers: Reflections on
the Tools of Government after Two Decades
CHRISTOPHER HOOD
pages 127–144