Policy Paradigms In Theory And Practice: Discourses, Ideas And Anomalies In Public Policy Dynamics (studies In The Political Economy Of Public Policy)

"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. Drawing together leading researchers in the field, this edited collection offers a unique insight into a selection of policy paradigms, investigating their significance for public policy, policy making and policy change, in both theory and practice. The contributions open up new avenues of research on policy dynamics while re-evaluating the accuracy and effectiveness of existing policy orthodoxy"-- Provided by publisher Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Reflections on Our Understanding of Policy Paradigms and Policy Change....Pages 3-18 What Is a Policy Paradigm? Overcoming Epistemological Hurdles in Cross-Disciplinary Conceptual Adaptation....Pages 19-42 Can You Recognize a Paradigm When You See One? Defining and Measuring Paradigm Shift....Pages 43-60 Is There a Fourth Institutionalism? Ideas, Institutions and the Explanation of Policy Change....Pages 61-80 Front Matter....Pages 81-81 Comparing and Contrasting Peter Hall’s Paradigms and Ideas with the Advocacy Coalition Framework....Pages 83-99 Paradigm Construction and the Politics of Policy Anomalies....Pages 101-115 From Policy Paradigm to Policy Statement: A New Way to Grasp the Role of Knowledge in the Policymaking Process....Pages 117-140 Paradigms and Unintended Consequences: New Public Management Reform and Emergency Planning in Swedish Local Government....Pages 141-163 Front Matter....Pages 165-165 The Critical Role of Ideas: Understanding Industrial Policy Changes in Ireland in the 1980s....Pages 167-188 The Bologna Process and the European Qualifications Framework: A Routines Approach to Understanding the Emergence of Educational Policy Harmonisation — From Abstract Ideas to Policy Implementation....Pages 189-216 The Role of Ideas in Evaluating and Addressing Hydraulic Fracturing Regulations....Pages 217-237 Communications Frameworks and the Supply of Information in Policy Subsystems....Pages 239-267 How and Why Do Policy Paradigms Change; and Does It Matter? The Case of UK Energy Policy....Pages 269-291 Front Matter....Pages 293-293 Bringing Ideational Power into the Paradigm Approach: Critical Perspectives on Policy Paradigms in Theory and Practice....Pages 295-318 Back Matter....Pages 319-325