The concept of frames or framing, especially cast as “frame analysis,” has an established
history in public policy. Taking off from the work of Donald Schön and Martin Rein, we …

The purpose of this Theory to Practice article is to present a systematic, cross‐disciplinary,
and accessible synthesis of relevant research and to offer explicit evidence‐based design …

Analyzing emerging practices of collaboration in planning and public policy to overcome the
challenges complexity, fragmentation and uncertainty, the authors present a new theory of …

This accessible book gives academics, graduate students, and researchers a
comprehensive overview of the vast, varied, and often confusing landscape of interpretive …

The argumentative turn begins with the realization that public policy, constructed through
language, is the product of argumentation. In both oral and written form, as Majone (1989) …

Brangan (2013) Brangan, L.(2013). A framework for comparative research on supervision?
Offender Supervision in Europe, blog-site. Retrieved from http://www. offendersupervision …

Cross-sector partnerships (XSPs) are an important part of today's organizational landscape
and a favored strategy for addressing complex social problems. However, a discrepancy …

Planning Programs for Adult Learners, Third Edition covers the development of adult
education programs in clear, specific detail. This popular step-by-step guide contains …

Public participation in governance involves the direct involvement–or indirect involvement
through representatives–of concerned stakeholders in decision-making about policies …

After communicative planning theory emerged in the 1980s, challenging assumptions and
prevailing theories of planning, debates ensued among planning theorists that led to …