Methods of the policy process edited by Christopher M. Weible and Samuel Workman.

The design of policy process research / Samuel Workman & Christopher M. Weible -- How to conduct a multiple streams study / Reimut Zohlnhöfer, Nicole Herweg, Nikolaos Zahariadis -- The code and craft of punctuated equilibrium / Samuel Workman, Frank R. Baumgartner and Bryan D. Jones -- Methods for applying policy feedback theory / Sorelle, Mallory and Jamila Michener -- Advocacy coalition framework : advice on applications and methods / Adam Douglas Henry, Karin Ingold, Christopher M. Weible, & Daniel Nohrstedt -- Conducting narrative policy framework research : from theory to methods / Michael D. Jones, Mark K. McBeth, Elizabeth A. Shanahan, Aaron Smith-Walter, and Geoboo Song -- Innovation and diffusion : connecting theory and method / Andrew Karch -- Methods for analyzing social dilemmas and institutional arrangements within the institutional analysis and development framework / Edella Schlager, Saba Siddiki and Michael Cox -- Methodological approaches to the ecology of games framework / Mark Lubell, Matthew Hamilton, Jack Mewhirter, Francesca Vantaggiato, and Ramiro Berardo -- The evaluation and advancement of policy process research / Christopher M. Weible & Samuel Workman.

"The increasingly global study of policy processes faces challenges with scholars applying theories in radically different national and cultural contexts. Questions frequently arise about how to conduct policy process research comparatively and among this global community of scholars. Methods of the Policy Process is the first book to remedy this situation, not by establishing an orthodoxy or imposing upon the policy process community a rigid way of conducting research, but instead, by allowing the leading researchers in the different theoretical traditions a space to share the means by which they put their research into action. This edited volume serves as a companion volume and supplemental guide to the well-established Theories of the Policy Process, 4th Edition. Methods of the Policy Process acknowledges that growth and advancement in the study of the policy process is dependent not merely on conceptual and theoretical development, but also on developing and systematizing better methodological approaches to measurement and analysis. To maximize student engagement with the material, each chapter follows a similar framework: introduction of a given theory of the policy process, application of that theory (including best practices for research design, conceptualization, major data sources, data collection, and methodological approaches), critical assessment, future directions, and online resources (including datasets, survey instruments, and interview and coding protocols). While the structure and focus of each chapter varies slightly according to the theoretical tradition being discussed, each chapter's central aim is to prepare readers to confidently undertake common methodological strategies themselves. Methods of the Policy Process is especially beneficial to people new to the field, including students enrolled in policy process courses, as well as those without access to formal training. For scholars experienced in applying theories, this edited volume is a helpful reference to clarify best practices in research methods"-- Provided by publisher.