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 …

The concept of policy paradigm, which was developed by Peter Hall in 1993, has given rise
to an abundance of literature on ideas and policy dynamics. Despite its theoretical value …

Public policy can be considered a design science. It involves identifying relevant problems,
selecting instruments to address the problem, developing institutions for managing the …

Initially published in 1984, John W. Kingdon's Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies
has long been classic reading in policy studies. This paper systematically explores its …

Background Developed in the late 20th century, the health policy triangle (HPT) is a policy
analysis framework used and applied ubiquitously in the literature to analyse a large …

Organizational misconduct has substantial effects on the well-being of a firm and its
stakeholders. As this body of work has grown, organizational scholars have devoted …

Public administration as a field of study finds itself in the middle of a fluid environment. The
very reach and complexity of public administration has been easy to take for granted, easy to …

Résumé La question «Qui gouverne les politiques publiques?» est centrale pour analyser
les élites du pouvoir qui peuvent être caractérisées par leur capacité à impulser des …

The seventh edition of this classic handbook on the policy process is fully updated, featuring
new material on policy making amid local and global disruption, the contestable nature of …

Over 30 years, several key frameworks and theories of the policy process have emerged
which have guided a burgeoning empirical literature. A more recent development has been …