as the research progressed, allowing the themes of the data to not be constrained to the imposition of particular codes and to more accurately reflect the phenomena being investigated. By using both a common set of analytical categories, as well as accounting for culturally and topic specific components, this allowed for an international and intra-national set of comparisons to be made. The findings of this analysis were then placed back into the broader theoretical propositions of the culture of control to delineate the extent to which such forces have been felt in this policy area and the nature of its existence across and within the geo-political contexts under examination. Next, we examine the intimate interconnection between political institutions and policy-making cultures which were found to have presented particular bounded opportunities for policy change. In turn, it is argued that such facets shape the nature of the policy response, through facilitating and/or limiting the impact of various influences, notably that of expertise and the media and public opinion. Political Institutions and Cultures The Netherlands a system of proportional representation in the Netherlands, which facilitates a larger number of electable political parties, coalition rule ensures that a mixture of views is often represented in cabinets on all issues (Andeweg 2008). In spite of a more politicised and hostile environment, whereby a politics of accommodation has slowly been eroded away by a more adversarial style, the structural forms of political organisation have retained intact (ibid.).
as the research progressed, allowing the themes of the data to not be constrained to the imposition of particular codes and to more accurately reflect the phenomena being investigated. By using both a common set of analytical categories, as well as accounting for culturally and topic specific components, this allowed for an international and intra-national set of comparisons to be made. The findings of this analysis were then placed back into the broader theoretical propositions of the culture of control to delineate the extent to which such forces have been felt in this policy area and the nature of its existence across and within the geo-political contexts under examination. Next, we examine the intimate interconnection between political institutions and policy-making cultures which were found to have presented particular bounded opportunities for policy change. In turn, it is argued that such facets shape the nature of the policy response, through facilitating and/or limiting the impact of various influences, notably that of expertise and the media and public opinion. Political Institutions and Cultures The Netherlands a system of proportional representation in the Netherlands, which facilitates a larger number of electable political parties, coalition rule ensures that a mixture of views is often represented in cabinets on all issues (Andeweg 2008). In spite of a more politicised and hostile environment, whereby a politics of accommodation has slowly been eroded away by a more adversarial style, the structural forms of political organisation have retained intact (ibid.).
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