2014
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-02520-9
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Understanding Policy Decisions

Abstract: The aim of this textbook is to introduce students and young researchers to the analysis of the decision making process. More precisely it provides a conceptual framework that can be used both for understanding how public policy decisions are taken and for designing strategies able to overcome the obstacles that make policy change difficult. As will be explained in the following pages it is only to be expected that in contemporary political systems policy innovation (i.e. the transformation of the ways in which… Show more

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“…Furthermore, those who have noted that neutrality is not necessarily a feature of brokers’ behavior have emphasized brokers’ stability‐seeking nuance as setting them aside from other actors, such as policy entrepreneurs (Christopoulos & Ingold, ; Ingold & Varone, ). We believe that brokers are more likely to act with a view toward achieving “process‐related” rather than “content‐related” goals (Dente, , pp. 54–59).…”
Section: Definitions Of Agency From Exceptional Individuals To Collecmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Furthermore, those who have noted that neutrality is not necessarily a feature of brokers’ behavior have emphasized brokers’ stability‐seeking nuance as setting them aside from other actors, such as policy entrepreneurs (Christopoulos & Ingold, ; Ingold & Varone, ). We believe that brokers are more likely to act with a view toward achieving “process‐related” rather than “content‐related” goals (Dente, , pp. 54–59).…”
Section: Definitions Of Agency From Exceptional Individuals To Collecmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As we move toward theories of the policy process, the introduction of innovation as a “content‐related” goal (Dente, ) represents the success of the situated action of the policy entrepreneur. The final aim of the policy entrepreneur may be oriented toward either revolution or restoration of the status quo.…”
Section: Definitions Of Agency From Exceptional Individuals To Collecmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Coletti and Urso revise the main theories and methods used in policy studies to investigate the local use of knowledge and the process of policy learning in Chapter 3. Starting from the rationalistic model to the multiple streams (see Dente 2014;Peters 2015), the critical element is the identification of 'who' learns policymaking, thus leading to the discussion on the 'agents of learning' as those actors who engage in (and often lead) policy learning. Finally, they argue that policy learning should be related to the broader discussion on the use of knowledge in decision-making processes.…”
Section: Structure Of the Book: A Circular Approachmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In order to contribute to filling this gap, we first assume that promoting the conditions to facilitate a system transformation begins with changing the way we represent and understand a given question upon which to intervene ("transformation of understandings" for "transformation of practices") (Dente 2014). The type of knowledge upon which the decision-making process is based as well as the way in which that knowledge is constructed, therefore, become fundamental elements in favouring a transformative process.…”
Section: Toward Transformational Adaptation: the Need To Innovate Vulmentioning
confidence: 99%