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Book SynopsisThe increasingly global study of policy processes faces challenges with scholars applying theories in radically different national and cultural contexts. Questions frequently arise about how to conduct policy process research comparatively and among this global community of scholars. Methods of the Policy Process is the first book to remedy this situation, not by establishing an orthodoxy or imposing upon the policy process community a rigid way of conducting research but, instead, by allowing the leading researchers in the different theoretical traditions a space to share the means by which they put their research into action.
This edited volume serves as a companion volume and supplemental guide to the well-established Theories of the Policy Process, 4th Edition. Methods of the Policy Process acknowledges that growth and advancement in the study of the policy process is dependent not merely on conceptual and theoretical development, but also on de
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"More than a supplemental guide to Theories of the Policy Process: The book offers a fantastic overview and inspiring insights into gathering and analyzing data about policy processes. Thereby, the book not only provides the necessary tools for empirically-grounded research, but also for advancing theories of the policy process"
Florence Metz, University of Twente, Netherlands
"Methods of the Policy Process articulates best practices for applying policy process theories while emphasizing flexibility and creativity. It is an essential resource for scholars seeking to design and conduct rigorous, theory-driven research that better illuminates the complex dynamics of modern policymaking"
Elizabeth A. Koebele, University of Nevada, USA
"An eclectic methodological roadmap for new and experienced scholars. The volume edited by Christopher Weible and Samuel Workman presents a wide variety of research strategies, from different theoretical traditions in policy studies. It is an essential book that advances the discussion about methods and offers a major contribution to the global community of public policy academics"
Osmany Porto de Oliveira, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil
Table of Contents1. The Design of Policy Process Research Samuel Workman and Christopher M. Weible 2. How to Conduct a Multiple Streams Study Reimut Zohlnhöfer, Nicole Herweg, and Nikolaos Zahariadis 3. The Code and Craft of Punctuated Equilibrium Samuel Workman, Frank R. Baumgartner, and Bryan D. Jones 4. Methods for Applying Policy Feedback Theory Mallory SoRelle and Jamila Michener 5. Advocacy Coalition Framework: Advice on Applications and Methods Adam Douglas Henry, Karin Ingold, Daniel Nohrstedt, and Christopher M. Weible 6. Conducting Narrative Policy Framework Research: From Theory to Methods Michael D. Jones, Mark K. McBeth, Elizabeth A. Shanahan, Aaron Smith-Walter, and Geoboo Song 7. Innovation and Diffusion: Connecting Theory and Method Andrew Karch 8. Methods for Analyzing Social Dilemmas and Institutional Arrangements Within the Institutional Analysis and Development Framework Edella Schlager, Saba Siddiki, and Michael Cox 9. Methodological Approaches to the Ecology of Games Framework Mark Lubell, Matthew Hamilton, Jack Mewhirter, Francesca Vantaggiato, and Ramiro Berardo 10. The Evaluation and Advancement of Policy Process Research Christopher M. Weible and Samuel Workman
