The Institutions of Programmatic Action: Policy Programs in French and German Health Policy

Acknowledgments
Praise for The Institutions of Programmatic Action
Contents
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Introduction
	1.1 Theoretical and Empirical Puzzle
	1.2 Methodology
	1.3 Outline
	References
Chapter 2: Programmatic Action and Policy Processes
	2.1 Social Groups, Biographies, and Policy Programs
	2.2 Ambiguity and Multiple Streams in the Policy Process
	2.3 Beliefs and Advocacy Coalitions in the Policy Process
	2.4 Network Theory and Agency in the Policy Process
	References
Chapter 3: Political Institutions and Public Policy
	3.1 Veto Players and Federalism
	3.2 Corporatism and Organized Interests
	3.3 Bureaucratic Recruitment Systems and Elite Building
	3.4 Policy Advice and Scientific Impulses
	3.5 Intermediary Conclusion: Institutional Conditions for Programmatic Action
		Emerging Programmatic Group, Not All Key Positions Occupied
		Emerging Programmatic Group, with Key Positions Occupied
		Established Programmatic Group, Not All Key Positions Occupied
		Established Programmatic Group, with Key Positions Occupied
	References
Chapter 4: Health Policy Institutions in France and Germany
	4.1 Institutions of French Health Policy: Centralization, Education, and Advice
	4.2 Institutions of German Health Policy: Self-Governance and Corporatism
	References
Chapter 5: Programmatic Action in French Health Policy
	5.1 Policy Program in French Health Policy
	5.2 Programmatic Actors in French Health Policy
	5.3 Biographies and Identities of French Programmatic Actors
	5.4 Continuous Programmatic Action in French Health Policy After the Financial Crisis
	References
Chapter 6: Programmatic Action in German Health Policy
	6.1 Policy Program in German Health Policy
	6.2 Programmatic Actors in German Health Policy
	6.3 Biographies and Identities of German Programmatic Actors
	6.4 The Decline of the Programmatic Group in German Health Policy
	References
Chapter 7: The Institutions of Programmatic Action
	7.1 Institutionalized Elite Recruitment and Policy Advice—Par Excellence
	7.2 Federalism, Corporatism, and Institutional Change in Germany
	7.3 Intermediary Conclusion: Institutions of Programmatic Action
	References
Chapter 8: Conclusion
	8.1 The Institutions of PAF
	8.2 Programmatic Action and Political Institutions of Power
	8.3 The Challenge of Institutional Change
	8.4 Limitations and Research Agenda
	References