POLICY PUNCTUATIONS IN THE UK: FLUCTUATIONS AND EQUILIBRIA IN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE SINCE 1951

JOHN, PETER; MARGETTS, HELEN

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, n.º 3/2003, pág. 411

I. INCREMENTALISM. II. THE PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM MODEL OF POLICY CHANGE. III. TESTING THE PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM MODEL. IV. PUBLIC BUDGETS AS A SOURCE OF DATA. V. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETS IN THE UK. VI. TESTING FOR PUNCTUATIONS IN UK PUBLIC EXPENDITURE. VII. COMPARING THE FUNCTIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS. VIII. CONCLUSIONS.