The contributors investigate policy paradigms and their ability to explain the policy process actors, ideas, discourses and strategies employed to provide readers with a better understanding of public policy and its dynamics.
PART I 1. Reflections On Our Understanding Of Policy Paradigms And Policy Change; John Hogan & Michael Howlett 2. What Is A Policy Paradigm? Overcoming Epistemological Hurdles In Cross-Disciplinary Conceptual Adaptation; Matt Wilder 3. Can You Recognize A Paradigm When You See One? Defining And Measuring Paradigm Shift; Pierre-Marc Daigneault 4. Is There A Fourth Institutionalism? Ideas, Institutions And The Explanation Of Policy Change; Jeremy Rayner PART II 5. Comparing And Contrasting Peter Hall's Paradigms And Ideas With The Advocacy Coalition Framework; Paul Cairney & Christopher M. Weible 6. Paradigm Construction And The Politics Of Policy Anomalies; Matt Wilder & Michael Howlett 7. From Policy Paradigm To Policy Statement: A New Way To Grasp The Role Of Knowledge In The Policy-Making Process; Philippe Zittoun 8. Paradigms And Unintended Consequences: New Public Management Reform And Emergency Planning In Swedish Local Government; Daniel Nohrstedt 9. The Critical Role Of Ideas: Understanding Industrial Policy Changes In Ireland In The 1980s; John Hogan & Brendan K. O'rourke 10. The Bologna Process & The European Qualifications Framework (Eqf): A Routines Approach To Understanding The Emergence Of Educational Policy Harmonisation - From Abstract Ideas To Policy Implementation; Sharon Feeney & Conor Horan 11. The Role Of Ideas In Evaluating And Assessing Hydraulic Fracturing Regulations; Christopher M. Weible, Tanya Heikkila, & Jonathan J. Pierce 12. Communications Frameworks And The Supply Of Information In Policy Subsystems; Samuel Workman And Jobeth S. Shafran 13. How And Why Do Policy Paradigms Change; And Does It Matter? The Case Of Uk Energy Policy; Florian Kern, Caroline Kuzemko & Catherine Mitchell Conclusion 14. Bringing Ideational Power Into The Paradigm Approach: Critical Perspectives On Policy Paradigms In Theory And Practice; Martin B. Carstensen
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