Studying Ideas as Policy Solutions: Understanding How Political Ideas Shape Policy Change

Ideas as policy solutions

This article explores how political ideas shape policymaking beyond their technical merit. It examines why some ideas gain influence, how problem definitions evolve, and how shifts in perception drive policy change. Through comparative perspectives and key theorists, it highlights how politics, institutions, and framing determine which ideas succeed or fade in shaping agendas and outcomes. … Read more

Green and the Idealist Conception of a Person’s Good

Green and the Idealist Conception of a Person’s Good

Idealist philosophers of the nineteenth century shared a certain conception of a person’s good. It can be found in Fichte and Hegel, and then later in Britain in Bradley and Green. In Green, as in these other Idealists, it fits into a philosophical scheme that has far-reaching metaphysical as well as moral dimensions. Each philosopher … Read more

US-China Tech Rivalry Hits Developing Countries Hard

US-China Tech Rivalry Hits Developing Countries Hard

Tech conflict between the US and China now shapes global trends. Developing countries feel it most of all. They face trade shifts, infrastructure gaps, and energy pivots. The rivalry in AI, semiconductors, and clean tech echoes in poorer nations. Short sentences. Clear nuance. Natural tone. Hinrich Foundation “American views swing from overestimation to under-estimation. Rarely … Read more

An Introduction to Dialectical Phenomenology: Marx vs. Hegel

Time and again, writers, researchers, modern political theorists, and even self-identified Marxists—including proponents of Academic Marxism and the Frankfurt School, most notably known for Critical Theory—invoke the concept of “Marx’s dialectic” without engaging directly with what Marx himself actually wrote on the subject. Instead, they frequently rely on Engels’s interpretation, treating it as the definitive … Read more

Modernization and Political Development

Modernization and Political Development

Modernization and Political Development. Modernization, in fact, started first of all in England as a result of the Industrial Revolution (1760-1830) and in France as a result of the Revolution(1789-1794); when America also started modernizing herself in all fields, then this process was called westernization. When the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America … Read more

Importance of Power, Influence, Authority and Legitimacy

Importance of Power

Power, Influence, Authority and Legitimacy are among the most common keywords in political science. This Term is very Importance in human life. The importance of Power helps bring more control to your life. Importance of Power: The concept of power is the most influential one in the whole of Political Science. Socrates, Plato, Aristotle etc, … Read more

Role of Political Elites

Role of Political Elites

Role of Political Elites. Nowadays most sociologists, historians, psychologists, and political scientists have started giving sufficient attention to the study of elites because this type of class has played always a significant role in the working of past, as well as present governments. In ancient times Plato and Aristotle while maintaining the government and society … Read more