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Theories of the Policy Process: State of the Research and Emerging Trends
Author(s) -
Nowlin Matthew C.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
policy studies journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1541-0072
pISSN - 0190-292X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2010.00389_4.x
Subject(s) - bureaucracy , scholarship , process (computing) , narrative , policy sciences , political science , state (computer science) , policy analysis , management science , positive economics , epistemology , public administration , sociology , computer science , economics , politics , law , philosophy , algorithm , operating system , linguistics
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 policy process theories. In addition, several recent trends in research are discussed including; the use of narrative in policy theory, issues that cross multiple subsystems, bureaucracy in the policy process, and synthesizing multiple theories and frameworks.