Economic Crises and Policy Regimes: The Dynamics of Policy Innovation and Paradigmatic Change

20多年来，在新自由主义政策体制下，发达国家的公民目睹了大量失业、工资下降、经济增长缓慢和不平等加剧。新自由主义政策对政策选择施加了严重限制。该项目从理论和经验上探索了向新的政治经济范式过渡的可能性，寻求了以下问题的可行答案：为什么这样的制度在其综合政策表现良好的情况下仍然存在很长一段时间？民主是否有可能通过其选举机制克服经济危机？以及，在什么条件下，每个政府都可以将其经济的危机转化为增长？该项目汇集了一个国际专家小组，以探讨通过大刀阔斧的政策创新从新自由主义政策制度过渡到替代制度的可能性和困难。

For more than two decades, citizens in developed countries have witnessed massive job losses, lowered wages, slow economic growth and widening inequality under a neoliberal policy regime that has placed heavy constraints on policy choices. The project has explored, both theoretically and empirically, the possibility of transition to a new political economic paradigm by seeking feasible answers to questions such as: why has such a regime persisted for a long period of time despite its pool policy performance?; is it possible for democracy to overcome economic crisis through its electoral mechanisms?; and, under what conditions can each government convert crisis of its economy into growth? The project brought together an international expert team to explore both the possibilities and difficulties of transitioning from a neoliberal policy regime to an alternative regime through drastic policy innovations.