S OCIAL POLICY IN THE SMALLER EUROPEAN UNION STATES Edited lpy Gary B. Cohen/Ben W. Ansell, Robert Henry Cox, and Jane Gingrich / Berghahn Books NEW YORK • OXFORD C ONTENTS List of...

This paper examines the relationship between ideas and power. We argue that social change is caused by a combination of ideas, which are inspirational, and power, which is transformative. We illustrate the argument by examining the emergence of a sustainability policy paradigm