TY - JOUR
T1 - The Effect of Political Disagreement on Discretion
T2 - Mechanisms and Conditions
AU - Oosterwaal, Annemarije
AU - Payne, Diane
AU - Torenvlied, René
PY - 2012/10/1
Y1 - 2012/10/1
N2 - Delegation models make contrasting assumptions about how political disagreement affects discretion and empirical research reports contradictory findings. The authors aim to shed new light on this puzzle by distinguishing the mechanisms that drive the effect of political disagreement on discretion. Four conditions influence the strength of each mechanism: (a) policy salience, (b) actors involved, (c) their capacity, and (d) decision rule. They explore this theoretical framework on the case of economic restructuring in the United Kingdom and show that political disagreement reduces discretion. There is no significant interaction effect between salience and political disagreement on discretion.
AB - Delegation models make contrasting assumptions about how political disagreement affects discretion and empirical research reports contradictory findings. The authors aim to shed new light on this puzzle by distinguishing the mechanisms that drive the effect of political disagreement on discretion. Four conditions influence the strength of each mechanism: (a) policy salience, (b) actors involved, (c) their capacity, and (d) decision rule. They explore this theoretical framework on the case of economic restructuring in the United Kingdom and show that political disagreement reduces discretion. There is no significant interaction effect between salience and political disagreement on discretion.
KW - Disagreement
KW - Discretion
KW - Institutional context
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84871181667&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0095399711413871
DO - 10.1177/0095399711413871
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84871181667
VL - 44
SP - 800
EP - 824
JO - Administration & society
JF - Administration & society
SN - 0095-3997
IS - 7
ER -