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dc.contributor.authorJordan, Granten_UK
dc.contributor.authorCairney, Paulen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-09T22:14:19Z-
dc.date.available2017-01-09T22:14:19Z-
dc.date.issued2013-09en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/15977-
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this article is to help identify the fundamental characteristics of the British policymaking system. It highlights an enduring conflict of interpretation within the literature. On the one hand, most contemporary analysts argue that the ‘Westminster model' is outmoded and that it has been replaced by modern understandings based on ‘governance'. On the other, key ideas associated with the Westminster model, regarding majoritarian government and policy imposition, are still in good currency in the academic literature, which holds firm to Lijphart's description of the United Kingdom as a majoritarian democracy. These very different understandings of British government are both commonly cited, but without much recognition that their conclusions may be mutually incompatible. To address this lack of comparison of competing narratives, the article outlines two main approaches to describe and explain the ‘characteristic and durable' ways of doing things in Britain: the ‘policy styles' literature initiated by Richardson in Policy Styles in Western Europe and the Lijphart account found in Democracies and revised in 1999 as Patterns of Democracy. The article encourages scholars to reject an appealing compromise between majoritarian and governance accounts.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherPalgrave Macmillanen_UK
dc.relationJordan G & Cairney P (2013) What is the 'dominant model' of British policymaking? Comparing majoritarian and policy community ideas. British Politics, 8 (3), pp. 233-259. https://doi.org/10.1057/bp.2013.5en_UK
dc.rightsThis item has been embargoed for a period. During the embargo please use the Request a Copy feature at the foot of the Repository record to request a copy directly from the author. You can only request a copy if you wish to use this work for your own research or private study. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article to be published in British Politics. The definitive publisher-authenticated version British Politics (2013) 8, 233–259, is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1057/bp.2013.5en_UK
dc.subjectBritish policymakingen_UK
dc.subjectWestminster modelen_UK
dc.subjectmajoritarian governmenten_UK
dc.subjectgovernanceen_UK
dc.subjectPolicy sciencesen_UK
dc.subjectSocial sciencesen_UK
dc.titleWhat is the 'dominant model' of British policymaking? Comparing majoritarian and policy community ideasen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.rights.embargoreason[What is the Dominant Model of British Policymaking 2013.pdf] Publisher requires embargo of 18 months after formal publication.en_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1057/bp.2013.5en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleBritish Politicsen_UK
dc.citation.issn1746-9198en_UK
dc.citation.issn1746-918Xen_UK
dc.citation.volume8en_UK
dc.citation.issue3en_UK
dc.citation.spage233en_UK
dc.citation.epage259en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusAM - Accepted Manuscripten_UK
dc.author.emailp.a.cairney@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.citation.date08/04/2013en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Aberdeenen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationPoliticsen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000322935500002en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-84881449475en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid726706en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-9956-832Xen_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2013-04-08en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2013-07-24en_UK
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
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local.rioxx.authorJordan, Grant|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorCairney, Paul|0000-0002-9956-832Xen_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2015-03-09en_UK
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