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Cognitive and Normative Determinants of State Policymaking Behavior: Lessons from the Sociological Institutionalism

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  • Edward Alan Miller
  • Jane Banaszak-Holl

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Although comparative state policy frameworks consider the role of societal norms, few account for cognitive and normative imperatives that originate outside a state's boundaries and are specific to promoting or impeding the adoption of particular policies. One approach that does so is the new institutionalism in sociology, which emphasizes legitimacy-seeking actors who face pressures to conform to cultural rules, norms, and expectations, regardless of outcomes. This article introduces comparative state policy researchers to the sociological institutionalism, emphasizing basic concepts and arguments and suggesting how reliance on this framework can enable researchers to better integrate rational-actor and cultural-based views for understanding why states choose particular public policies. Interviews with national and state experts in Medicaid nursing-facility reimbursement illustrate the utility of the sociological institutionalism for comparative state policy research. Copyright 2005, Oxford University Press.

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  • Edward Alan Miller & Jane Banaszak-Holl, 2005. "Cognitive and Normative Determinants of State Policymaking Behavior: Lessons from the Sociological Institutionalism," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, CSF Associates Inc., vol. 35(2), pages 191-216, Spring.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:publus:v:35:y:2005:i:2:p:191-216
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    1. Raluca Irina CLIPA & Ionel BOSTAN & Flavian CLIPA & Ionut POPESCU, 2018. "A Socio-Historical Excursus in the Approach of Institutionalism," Logos Universalitate Mentalitate Educatie Noutate - Sectiunea Stiinte Economice si Administrative/ Logos Universality Mentality Education Novelty - Section: Economical and Administrative Sciences, Editura Lumen, Department of Economics, vol. 3(1), pages 15-23, March.
    2. Miller, Edward Alan & Wang, Lili, 2009. "The influence of national policy change on subnational policymaking: Medicaid nursing facility reimbursement in the American states," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 68(11), pages 1926-1934, June.
    3. Kwong, Richard M. & Miller, Edward Alan, 2010. "A canary in the coal mine: Documenting citizenship and identity in the State of Massachusetts," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 96(1), pages 1-6, June.

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