Abstract
The influence that ideas have (or do not have) in political life is widely regarded as a problematic issue – across many fields of study. Reservations about the possibilities for assessing ideas' influence can be shown to differ, however, in quite revealing ways. Apprehension rests neither on a single, shared reservation, nor even on a core set of reservations. Moreover, many of the reservations lack cogency. A more useful way of addressing the ‘influence-problem’ is by employing a typology. This typology would seek to capture the full range of modes in which influence might be exercised. The article therefore proposes one, as a heuristic framework for investigation and analysis, with the intention that it might be applied to the study of ‘real-world’ cases.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 361-378 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Contemporary Politics |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 9 Oct 2013 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2013 |
Keywords
- influence
- ideas
- ideologies
- typology
- political thought