Inclui índice e bibliografia.

Introduction: The Scope and Focus of Policy Process Research and Theory. -- Christopher M. Weible Part I: Theoretical Approaches to Policy Process Research 1. The Multiple Streams Framework: Foundations, Refinements, and Empirical Applications,. -- Nicole Herweg, Nikolaos Zahariadis, and Reimut Zohlnhöfer 2. Punctuated Equilibrium Theory: Explaining Stability and Change in Public Policymaking. -- Frank R. Baumgartner, Bryan D. Jones, and Peter B. Mortensen 3. Policy Feedback Theory. -- Suzanne Mettler and Mallory SoRelle 4. The Advocacy Coalition Framework: An Overview of the Research Program. -- Hank C. Jenkins-Smith, Daniel Nohrstedt, Christopher M. Weible, and Karin Ingold 5. The Narrative Policy Framework. -- Elizabeth A. Shanahan, Michael D. Jones, Mark K. McBeth, and Claudio M. Radaelli 6. The IAD Framework and the SES Framework: An Introduction and Assessment of the Ostrom Workshop Frameworks. -- Edella Schlager and Michael Cox 7. Innovation and Diffusion Models in Policy Research. -- Frances Stokes Berry and William D. Berry Part II: Comparisons and Conclusions 8. Comparison of Theories of the Policy Process. -- Tanya Heikkila and Paul Cairney 9. Struggle and Triumph in Fusing Policy Process and Comparative Research. -- Jale Tosun and Samuel Workman 10. Process Research. -- Christopher M. Weible

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