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Answering the call to assist the next generation of policy leaders (Fox & Newell, 2015), building better theories for policy leadership helps policy leaders with the transition to being policy makers if they choose to pursue official forms of office.
May 2, 2014 · The article explores this topic in four main ways. First, it considers the extent to which academic–practitioner discussions still use simple concepts, such as the policy cycle, rejected by policy scholars in favour of concepts explaining policymaking complexity.
- Paul Cairney
- 2015
The Need for Better Theories PAUL A. SABATIER In the process of public policymaking, problems are conceptualized and brought to government for solution; governmental institutions formulate alternatives and select policy solutions; and those solutions get implemented, evaluated, and revised. SIMPLIFYING A COMPLEX WORLD
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Jun 29, 2021 · How should political leaders be evaluated? This article reviews existing approaches and argues that they are insufficiently developed to map the more complex policy effects of political leaders, since they tend to focus on electoral and broader regime level outcomes. In response, it maps out a layered framework based on scientific realism.
- Toby S. James
- 2021
Sep 11, 2001 · The most common policy theory, the stages model, is discussed, along with some alternative theories to understand policymaking. Finally, the chapter ends with an assessment of whether or not policy theory helps advance our comprehension of policymaking.
Feb 17, 2020 · Burstein ( 2020) examines how often theoretical determinants of public policy, such as public opinion, advocacy activities, party balance, and issue salience influence policy formation.
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The combination of multiple theories in policy studies has a great potential value—new combinations of theories or concepts may produce new perspectives and new research agendas. However, it also raises important ontological, epistemological, methodological, and practical issues that need to be addressed to ensure disciplinary advance.
