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Aiming to Explain uses firearms policy to test and compare several theories of policy change in order to gauge their explanatory potential in the Canadian context.

Table of Contents
1. Multi-Theoretical Analysis and Theories of Policy Change 2. The Evolution of Canadian Firearms Policy 3. The Canadian Policy Environment 4. Policy as Strategic Decision Making: Rational Choice Institutionalism 5. Exploitation and Power: The Social Construction Framework 6. Policy-Making as a Team Sport: The Advocacy Coalition Framework 7. Timing is Everything: The Multiple Streams Framework 8. Small Steps and Giant Leaps: Punctuated Equilibrium Theory 9. Conclusion Works Cited

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    A Hardback by B. Timothy Heinmiller, Matthew A. Hennigar

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      Publisher: University of Toronto Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/3/2022 12:08:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781487542320, 978-1487542320
      ISBN10: 1487542321

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Aiming to Explain uses firearms policy to test and compare several theories of policy change in order to gauge their explanatory potential in the Canadian context.

      Table of Contents
      1. Multi-Theoretical Analysis and Theories of Policy Change 2. The Evolution of Canadian Firearms Policy 3. The Canadian Policy Environment 4. Policy as Strategic Decision Making: Rational Choice Institutionalism 5. Exploitation and Power: The Social Construction Framework 6. Policy-Making as a Team Sport: The Advocacy Coalition Framework 7. Timing is Everything: The Multiple Streams Framework 8. Small Steps and Giant Leaps: Punctuated Equilibrium Theory 9. Conclusion Works Cited

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