Grenzen und Konfigurationen politischer Handlungsfelder. Skizze einer typologischen Theorie

Integrative Political Strategies—Conceptualizing and Analyzing a New Type of Policy Field

“…Second, highlighting two fundamental dimensions of policy‐field formation (i.e., genesis and delineation), adds to the conceptualization of policy fields as a relevant though neglected object of policy research in general. In particular, the distinction among ideal types of policy fields contributes to the typological discussion on the issue (Blätte 2015). Third, I have outlined a differentiated analytics to capture the conceptual cornerstones of the new type of policy field, namely policy integration and political strategy.…”

“…Moreover, the field concept comes with of being well established in policy analysis while remaining open to different interpretations. In fact, the notion of policy field has played a role in policy analysis for some time, but debates on its meaning continue to evolve (Blätte 2015; Blum and Schubert 2011; Döhler 2015; Loer, Reiter, and Töller 2015; Massey and Huitema 2013).…”

“…Based on these two dimensions of policy‐field formation, 4 the old “modernist” type of policy fields reflects the dominant view of policy fields as the result of continuing differentiation and institutionalization in the policy system (Blätte 2015; Döhler 2015). These policy fields arise in response to novel problem constellations by decoupling from existing policy fields and forming a more specialized problem‐solving arena.…”

“…44Only recently, Blätte (2015) has suggested a distinction of types of policy fields that is based on degrees of centralization/decentralization. He distinguishes among the “normal” case of concentrated policy fields on the one hand, and decentered fields on the other (i.e., cross‐cutting action fields).…”

Die Ansiedlung von Aufgaben in der Aufbauorganisation deutscher Landesministerialverwaltungen : eine handlungstheoretische Erklärung von Organisationsentscheidungen am Beispiel der Migrations- und Integrationspolitik

“…Freilich folgen nicht alle Autoren dort dieser Bündelungslogik als konstituierendes Moment von Politikfeldern. In der Diskussion zu beachten sind in dieser Sache insbesondere die Beiträge von Blätte (2015), Döhler (2015), Haunss und Hofmann (2015) und Loer, Reiter und Töller (2015). Aus den Beiträgen wird deutlich, dass der zunächst scheinbar deskriptiv und weitgehend objektiv zu fassende Gegenstand ‚Politikfeld' je nach theoretischer Perspektive hoch unterschiedlich in Erscheinung tritt.…”