Theories of the Policy Process

Christopher M. Weible is professor at the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado Denver. He is co-editor of Policy Debates in Hydraulic Fracking (2016). Paul A. Sabatier was political scientist and professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Davis.

Preface

Introduction: The Scope and Focus of Policy Process Research and Theory, Christopher M. Weible

Part I: Theoretical Approaches to Policy Process Research

Chapter 1: Ambiguity and Multiple Streams, Nicole Herweg, Nikolaos Zahariadis, and Reimut Zohlnhoefer

Chapter 2: Punctuated Equilibrium Theory: Explaining Stability and Change in Public Policymaking, Frank R. Baumgartner, Bryan D. Jones, and Peter B. Mortensen

Chapter 3: Policy Feedback Theory, Suzanne Mettler and Mallory SoRelle

Chapter 4: Advocacy Coalition Framework: An Overview of the Research Program, Hank Jenkins-Smith, Daniel Nohrstedt, Christopher M. Weible, and Karin Ingold

Chapter 5: The Narrative Policy Framework, Elizabeth A. Shanahan, Michael D. Jones, Mark K. McBeth, and Claudio Radaelli

Chapter 6: The IAD Framework and the SES Framework: An Introduction and Assessment of the Ostrom Workshop Frameworks, Edella Schlager and Michael Cox

Chapter 7: Innovations and Diffusion Models in Policy Research, Frances Stokes Berry and William D. Berry

Part II: Comparisons and Conclusions

Chapter 8: Comparison of Theories of the Policy Process, Tanya Heikkila and Paul Cairney

Chapter 9: Struggle and Triumph in Fusing Policy Process and Comparative Research, Jale Tosun and Samuel Workman

Chapter 10: Moving Forward and Climbing Upward: Advancing Policy Process Research, Christopher M. Weible

About the Contributors

Index