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Examines policy change and the role of discourse in Europe. Relationship between the power of ideas and interests as seen through discussions of arguing versus bargaining; Europeanization; Transformative power and limitations of discourse; Scope of learning in policy change.

Examines conceptual and methodological issues in policy change and discourse in Europe. Factors in policy change; Role of discourse in institutional learning; Ontological and epistemological foundations of discourse.

The article offers information on the research "Harmonizing Direct Taxes in Europe: Knowledge and Power in the European Policy Process." It mentions that the European Union Human Capital and Mobility Fellowship has funded the research. It mentions that the research explores direct tax harmonization in Europe. It mentions that the research links three public policy literatures including the literature on the politics of taxation and fiscal federalism, the literature on European integration, and the literature on policy change and learning. It also explores the development of corporate taxation and national interests in Great Britain and Italy.