Theories of the policy process / 
edited by Paul A. Sabatier. 
 - Boulder, Colo. :  Westview Press,  1999. 
 - viii, 289 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Theoretical lenses on public policy .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>pt. 1. Introduction. The need for better theories / Paul A. Sabatier ; The stages approach to the policy process: what has it done? where is it going? / Peter deLeon -- pt. 2. Alternative views of the role of rationality in the policy process. Institutional rational choice: an assessment of the institutional analysis and development framework / Elinor Ostrom ; Ambiguity, time, and multiple streams / Nikolaos Zahariadis -- pt. 3. Frameworks focusing on policy change over fairly long periods. Punctuated-equilibrium theory: explaining stability and change in American policymaking / James L. True, Bryan D. Jones, and Frank R. Baumgartner ; The advocacy coalition framework: an assessment / Paul A. Sabatier and Hank C. Jenkins-Smith -- pt. 4. Frameworks comparing policies across a large number of political systems. Innovation and diffusion models in policy research / Frances Stokes Berry and William D. Berry ; The policy process and large-N comparative studies / William Blomquist -- pt. 5. Conclusions. A comparison of frameworks, theories, and models of policy processes / Edella Schlager ; Fostering the development of policy theory / Paul A. Sabatier. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0813399858 (alk. paper) 9780813399850 (alk. paper) 0813399866 (alk. paper) 9780813399867 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>99027844  
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GB99-Y5545 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Policy sciences.<br/>Political planning.<br/>Sciences de la politique.<br/>Politique publique.<br/>POLÍTICA.<br/>PROCESSO POLÍTICO.<br/>Beleidsvorming.<br/>Theorieën.<br/>Policy sciences.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>H 97  / T396 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>321/.6