When do policies become path dependent? the Czech example

SAXONBERG, Steven, Tomáš SIROVÁTKA and Miroslava JANOUŠKOVÁ. When do policies become path dependent? the Czech example. Journal of European Social Policy. 2013, vol. 23, No 4, p. 437 –450. ISSN 0958-9287. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0958928713507465.

Basic information

• Original name: When do policies become path dependent? the Czech example
• Authors: SAXONBERG, Steven (752 Sweden, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Tomáš SIROVÁTKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Miroslava JANOUŠKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Journal of European Social Policy, 2013, 0958-9287.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50601 Political science
• Country of publisher: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 1.710
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14230/13:00066522
• Organization unit: Faculty of Social Studies
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0958928713507465
• UT WoS: 000330516400007
• Keywords in English: Czech Republic family policy healthcare historical institutionalism incremental change labour market path dependency third order change
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

his article asks the question of why some social policies can be path dependent, while others are not, even if the country goes through what clearly seems to be a ‘critical juncture’ caused by exogenous shocks. We argue that in the Czech Republic labour market policies represent a clear break with the past, while healthcare and family policies have been path dependent to various degrees. There are several reasons. First, during the first years of the transition policymakers gave greater priority to labour market issues. Second, labour market policies were less constrained than the other policy areas, both because the government had to create new institutions in this area rather than rely on old ones and because these new institutions had not yet built up popular support as the old institutions had. Third, labour policy was not as influenced by policy legacies.

Links

• GAP404/10/1586, research and development project: Name: Volba rodičů ohledně péče o děti v České a Slovenské republice

Investor: Czech Science Foundation