Policy dismantling: an introduction. -- Understanding policy dismantling: an analytical framework. -- Sequences of active policy dismantling? path dependency in pension reform processes. -- Active dismantling under high institutional constraints? explaining the Bush administration's attempts to weaken US air pollution control policy. -- From dismantling by default to arena shifting? child benefits policy in Spain. -- Dismantling by default? th eindexation of social benefits in four countries. -- When the dismantling of an ineffective policy becomes increasingly costly: default strategies, arena shifting, and symbolic action in German waste policy. -- From dismantling by default to symbolic dismantling? water policy in the United Kingdom. -- Dismantling public policy: preferences, strategies, and effects.

1. Political sciences -- Decision making
2. Public administration
3. Policy sciences
4. Political planning