Weible, Christopher M

Theories of the Policy Process - Routledge: Westview Press, 2018. - vii,402p.

Acknowledgments; PART I: Introduction ; 1. Introducing the Scope and Focus of Policy Process Research and Theory ; PART II: Theoretical Approaches to Policy Process Research ; 2. Ambiguity and Multiple Streams; 3. Punctuated Equilibrium Theory: Explaining Stability and Change in Public Policymaking ; 4. Democratic Policy Design: Social Construction of Target Populations ; 5. Policy Feedback Theory ; 6. The Advocacy Coalition Framework: Foundations, Evolution, and Ongoing Research ; 7. The Narrative Policy Framework. 8. An Assessment of the Institutional Analysis and Development Framework and Introduction of the Social-Ecological Systems Framework 9. Innovation and Diffusion Models in Policy Research ; PART III: Conclusions ; 10. A Comparison of Theories of the Policy Process ; 11. Advancing Policy Process Research ; About the Contributors

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Political science.
Policy sciences.
Political planning.

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