Topic · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Most cited papers in Social Policy and Reform Studies
What are the most cited papers in Social Policy and Reform Studies?
The most cited paper in Social Policy and Reform Studies is "A PUBLIC MANAGEMENT FOR ALL SEASONS?" (Christopher Hood, 1991), with 9,741 citations. Next come "Increasing Returns, Path Dependence, and the Study of Politics" (7,960) and "What Is Agency?" (5,992).
Showing 50 of 98 papers. Every paper with more than 979 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A PUBLIC MANAGEMENT FOR ALL SEASONS? Christopher Hood · Public Administration | Mar 1991 | 9,741 |
| 2 | Increasing Returns, Path Dependence, and the Study of Politics Paul Pierson · American Political Science Review | Jun 2000 | 7,960 |
| 3 | What Is Agency? Mustafa Emirbayer, Ann Mische · American Journal of Sociology | 1998 | 5,992 |
| 4 | The New Governance: Governing without Government R. A. W. Rhodes · Political Studies | Sep 1996 | 4,304 |
| 5 | The New Institutionalism: Organizational Factors in Political Life James G. March, Johan Pelck Olsen · American Political Science Review | Dec 1983 | 4,002 |
| 6 | Discursive Institutionalism: The Explanatory Power of Ideas and Discourse Vivien Ann Schmidt · Annual Review of Political Science | 21 May 2008 | 3,377 |
| 7 | Inequality Reexamined. John Broome, Amartya Kumar Sen · The Economic Journal | Jul 1993 | 3,261 |
| 8 | Historical institutionalism in comparative politics Kathleen Thelen, Sven H. Steinmo · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 25 Sep 1992 | 3,092 |
| 9 | The 'Southern Model' of Welfare in Social Europe Maurizio Ferrera · Journal of European Social Policy | Feb 1996 | 3,089 |
| 10 | Precarious Work, Insecure Workers: Employment Relations in Transition Arne L. Kalleberg · American Sociological Review | Feb 2009 | 2,994 |
| 11 | Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens Martin Gilens, Benjamin I. Page · Perspectives on Politics | Sep 2014 | 2,704 |
| 12 | Preferences and Power in the European Community: A Liberal Intergovernmentalist Approach Andrew M. Moravcsik · JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies | Dec 1993 | 2,663 |
| 13 | Social Construction of Target Populations: Implications for Politics and Policy Anne Larason Schneider, Helen Ingram · American Political Science Review | Jun 1993 | 2,659 |
| 14 | Decision Making in Political Systems: Veto Players in Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, Multicameralism and Multipartyism George Tsebelis · British Journal of Political Science | Jul 1995 | 2,620 |
| 15 | Political Parties and Macroeconomic Policy Douglas A. Hibbs · American Political Science Review | Dec 1977 | 2,594 |
| 16 | Games Real Actors Play: Actor-centered Institutionalism In Policy Research Fritz W. Scharpf | 18 Sep 1997 | 2,579 |
| 17 | Democracy and dictatorship revisited José Antônio Cheibub, Jennifer Gandhi, James Raymond Vreeland · Public Choice | 25 Aug 2009 | 2,522 |
| 18 | Unraveling the Central State, but How? Types of Multi-level Governance HOOGHE LIESBET, MARKS GARY · American Political Science Review | May 2003 | 2,403 |
| 19 | Understanding Disability: From Theory to Practice MICHAEL J. OLIVER | 13 Nov 1995 | 2,382 |
| 20 | The Study of Critical Junctures: Theory, Narrative, and Counterfactuals in Historical Institutionalism Giovanni Capoccia, R. Daniel Kelemen · World Politics | Apr 2007 | 2,361 |
| 21 | Gender and the Development of Welfare Regimes Jane Lewis · Journal of European Social Policy | Aug 1992 | 2,303 |
| 22 | Gender and the Social Rights of Citizenship: The Comparative Analysis of Gender Relations and Welfare States Ann Shola Orloff · American Sociological Review | Jun 1993 | 2,221 |
| 23 | The Politics of Blame Avoidance R. Kent Weaver · Journal of Public Policy | Oct 1986 | 2,124 |
| 24 | Who Learns What from Whom: A Review of the Policy Transfer Literature David Peter Dolowitz, David D. Marsh · Political Studies | Jun 1996 | 2,107 |
| 25 | The New Politics of the Welfare State Paul Pierson · World Politics | 1996 | 2,099 |
| 26 | What Do We Know About Democratization After Twenty Years? Barbara Geddes · Annual Review of Political Science | Jun 1999 | 2,037 |
| 27 | Spatial Models of Party Competition Donald Stokes · American Political Science Review | Jun 1963 | 1,987 |
| 28 | Equality and equal opportunity for welfare Richard J. Arneson · Philosophical Studies | May 1989 | 1,961 |
| 29 | Loosely Coupled Systems: A Reconceptualization James Douglas Orton, Karl E. Weick · Academy of Management Review | Apr 1990 | 1,954 |
| 30 | Does Left/Right Structure Party Positions on European Integration? Liesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks, Carole J. Wilson · Comparative Political Studies | Oct 2002 | 1,835 |
| 31 | Rethinking Representation Jane Jebb Mansbridge · American Political Science Review | Nov 2003 | 1,818 |
| 32 | Globalization and the transformation of the national political space: Six European countries compared Hanspeter Kriesi, Edgar Grande, Romain Lachat et al. · European Journal of Political Research | Oct 2006 | 1,777 |
| 33 | The Diffusion of Innovations among the American States Jack L. Walker · American Political Science Review | Nov 1969 | 1,739 |
| 34 | Why There is a Democratic Deficit in the EU: A Response to Majone and Moravcsik Andreas Føllesdal, Simon Hix · JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies | 9 May 2006 | 1,722 |
| 35 | ''Bargaining'' and Gender Relations: Within and Beyond the Household Bina Agarwal · Feminist Economics | 1997 | 1,690 |
| 36 | The Path to European Integration Paul Pierson · Comparative Political Studies | Apr 1996 | 1,636 |
| 37 | Introduction: Institutional Change in Advanced Political Economies Wolfgang Streeck, Kathleen Thelen | 10 Mar 2005 | 1,615 |
| 38 | The Determinants of Success of Special Interests in Redistributive Politics Avinash K. Dixit, John Londregan · The Journal of Politics | Nov 1996 | 1,544 |
| 39 | Privatizing Risk without Privatizing the Welfare State: The Hidden Politics of Social Policy Retrenchment in the United States Jacob S. Hacker · American Political Science Review | May 2004 | 1,541 |
| 40 | Sociotropic Politics: The American Case Donald R. Kinder, D. Roderick Kiewiet · British Journal of Political Science | Apr 1981 | 1,529 |
| 41 | All for All: Equality, Corruption, and Social Trust Bo Rothstein, Eric M. Uslaner · World Politics | Oct 2005 | 1,527 |
| 42 | Unequal Participation: Democracy's Unresolved Dilemma Presidential Address, American Political Science Association, 1996 Arend Lijphart · American Political Science Review | Mar 1997 | 1,514 |
| 43 | A third wave of autocratization is here: what is new about it? Anna Lührmann, Staffan I. Lindberg · Democratization | Mar 2019 | 1,493 |
| 44 | HOW INSTITUTIONS EVOLVE Kathleen Thelen · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 3 Feb 2003 | 1,480 |
| 45 | A Theory of Gradual Institutional Change James Mahoney, Kathleen Thelen · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 30 Oct 2009 | 1,473 |
| 46 | International Institutions and Socialization in Europe: Introduction and Framework Jeffrey T. Checkel · International Organization | Oct 2005 | 1,445 |
| 47 | What Is Quality of Government? A Theory of Impartial Government Institutions Bo Rothstein, Jan Teorell · Governance | Apr 2008 | 1,442 |
| 48 | Linkages between Citizens and Politicians in Democratic Polities Herbert P. Kitschelt · Comparative Political Studies | Sep 2000 | 1,439 |
| 49 | Cleavage theory meets Europe’s crises: Lipset, Rokkan, and the transnational cleavage Liesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks · Journal of European Public Policy | 28 Apr 2017 | 1,434 |
| 50 | POLITICS AND INSTITUTIONALISM: Explaining Durability and Change Elisabeth S. Clemens, James M. Cook · Annual Review of Sociology | Aug 1999 | 1,421 |
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