Balancing revisability and robustness? A new institutionalist perspective on local government modernization

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Designing robust and revisable policies for gender equality: lessons from the Australian construction industry (2015, methodology): “Robustness and revisability in the design of gender policy The proposition of this research, drawing on the work of new institutionalist theorists Lowndes and Wilson (2003) is that the more robust and revisable the design of the formal rules, the more likely rules are to become entrenched and…”
Institutional isomorphism, negativity bias and performance information use by politicians: A survey experiment (2020, background): “…isomorphism is one of the theoretical mechanisms underlying new institutional theory (Powell and DiMaggio 1991; Scott 2008) and is particularly useful to investigate public sector adoption of administrative innovations (Lowndes and Wilson 2003; Ashworth et al. 2009; George and Desmidt 2014).”
Like a Horse and Carriage or a Fish on a Bicycle: How Well do Local Partnerships and Public Participation go Together? (2004, background): “Our discussion has also drawn attention to two higher level principles relevant to the design of future local partnerships (see Lowndes and Wilson, 2001; Lowndes and Wilson, 2003).”