Part I. Introduction 1. The need for better theories - Paul A. Sabatier Part II. Alternative views of the role of rationality in the policy process 2. Institutional rational choice: an assessment of the institutional analysis and development framework - Elinor Ostrom 3. The multiple streams framework: structure, limitations, prospects -Nikolaos Zahariadis 4. Social construction and policy design - Helen Ingram, Anne L. Schneider e Peter deLeon Part III. Policy networks and subsystems: change over time 5. The network approach - Silke Adam e Hanspeter Kriesi 6. Punctuated-equilibrium theory: explaining stability and change in public policymaking - James L. True, Bryan D. Jones e Frank R. Baumgartner 7. The advocacy coalition framework: innovations and clarifications - Paul A. Sabatier e Christopher M. Weible Part IV. Frameworks comparing policies across a large number of political systems 8. Innovation and diffusion models in policy research - Frances Stokes Berry e William D. Berry 9. The policy process and large-N comparative studies - William Blomquist Part V. Conclusions 10. A comparison of frameworks, theories, and models of policy processes - Edella Schlager 11. Fostering the development of policy theory - Paul A. Sabatier

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