Theories of the Policy Process
ISBN: 9780813343594 | 0813343593
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Perseus Books
Pub. Date: 1/22/2007
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Including new and revised essays from top names in the field, writing expressly for this second edition, editor Paul Sabatier has assembled the definitive volume for students of public administration seeking to understand the policy process.
The process of public policymaking is normally very complex, involving hundreds of actors from interest groups, governmental institutions, political parties, journalists, and the research community who have different goals, perceptions of the situation, and policy preferences. ... MORE
The process of public policymaking is normally very complex, involving hundreds of actors from interest groups, governmental institutions, political parties, journalists, and the research community who have different goals, perceptions of the situation, and policy preferences. ... MORE
| Introduction | |
| The Need for Better Theories | p. 3 |
| Alternative Views of the Role of Rationality in the Policy Process | |
| Institutional Rational Choice: An Assessment of the Institutional Analysis and Development Framework | p. 21 |
| The Multiple Streams Framework: Structure, Limitations, Prospects | p. 65 |
| Social Construction and Policy Design | p. 93 |
| Policy Networks and Subsystems: Change Over Ti... MORE | |
| The Network Approach | p. 129 |
| Punctuated-Equilibrium Theory: Explaining Stability and Change in Public Policymaking | p. 155 |
| The Advocacy Coalition Framework: Innovations and Clarifications | p. 189 |
| Frameworks Comparing Policies Across a Large Number of Political Systems | |
| Innovation and Diffusion Models in Policy Research | p. 223 |
| The Policy Process and Large-N Comparative Studies | p. 261 |
| Conclusions | |
| A Comparison of Frameworks, Theories, and Models of Policy Processes | p. 293 |
| Fostering the Development of Policy Theory | p. 321 |
| Index | p. 337 |
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Paul A. Sabatier is political scientist and professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Davis.
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