in domestic and international politics. Yet until now, little attention has been paid to how these ideas are produced and … disseminated, and how this process varies between countries. The National Origins of Policy Ideas provides the first comparative … over the last thirty years in the United States, France, Germany, and Denmark. They show how there are persistent national …

, France, Germany, and Denmark. They show how there are persistent national differences in how policy ideas are produced. Some … countries do so in contentious, politically partisan ways, while others are cooperative and consensus oriented. They find that … and outcomes have been heavily shaped by national contexts. …

'compound' polities the 'coordinative' discourse among policy actors. This is demonstrated with examples from Germany, France … projects of social democratic parties. Certain background factors, including countries' policy legacies, problems, preferences …Public discourse, understood both as ideas about public action and interactive processes that serve to 'coordinate' the …