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- Title
Two-tiered political entrepreneurship and the congressional committee system.
- Authors
Martin, Adam; Thomas, Diana
- Abstract
Theories of political entrepreneurship usually focus on the construction of coalitions necessary to change policy. We argue that political entrepreneurs who are unable to secure favored policies may redirect their efforts to a 'higher tier,' attempting to change the rules of the game to enable the exploitation of future political profit opportunities. We present a taxonomy of three levels of political rules-pre-constitutional, constitutional, and post-constitutional-and identify the salient characteristics of institutional entrepreneurship that targets rules at each level. The development of the congressional committee system is explored as a case study in entrepreneurship over post-constitutional rules.
- Subjects
POLITICAL entrepreneurship; UNITED States Congressional committees; COALITIONS; POLITICAL planning; LEGISLATIVE committees; POLICY science research
- Publication
Public Choice, 2013, Vol 154, Issue 1/2, p21
- ISSN
0048-5829
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11127-011-9805-z