This article utilizes insights from work on policy networks and John Kingdon's multiple streams approach to examine the evolution of privatization ideas in Great Britain and Germany. It is argued that differently structured networks affect policy innovation. This study elaborates the different...

What are the effects of electoral competition on the disbursement of state subsidies in industrialized democracies? I argue that the scope of subsidies, which ranges from economy-wide to regional and industry-specific subsidies, is determined by the extent of political (electoral) monopoly...

Why is there more integration in some areas of the European Union than others? Analyzing the dynamics of the integration process at the "normal politics" level, I specify two conditions, complexity and coupling, that make integration in Europe more likely in specific policy domains. Integration...