This chapter reviews Punctuated Equilibrium Theory (PET), and discusses new empirical
studies in the United States and elsewhere. It deals with an assessment of the strengths and …

Over the last two decades many alternate theories of the policy process have been
developed. This essay covers recent scholarship (from 2008 to 2010) regarding the major …

With rising ambiguity and turbulence in global affairs, the Multiple Streams Framework
(MSF) has become a major tool to analyze the policy process in a wide variety of issue …

A comprehensive introduction to public policy and the policy cycle, the fully revised second
edition of this popular textbook offers a practical guide to the topic while remaining …

In this updated second edition, internationally renowned scholar B. Guy Peters provides a
succinct introduction to public policy and illustrates the design approach to policy problems …

Although the idea that existing policies can have major effects on politics and policy
development is hardly new, the last three decades witnessed a major expansion of policy …

The Public Policy Process is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the process
by which public policy is made. Explaining clearly the importance of the relationship …

This study analyzes the political agenda of the European Parliament (EP) plenary, how it
has evolved over time, and the manner in which Members of the European Parliament …

The Comparative Agendas Project (CAP) brings together data on government activities in
over twenty countries, and provides a consistent categorizing system to understand when a …

This essay translates some of the underlying logic of existing research of policy processes
into a set of strategies for shaping policy agendas and influencing policy development and …