Streams and stages: Reconciling Kingdon and policy process theory

European Journal of Political Research - Tập 54 Số 3 - Trang 419-434 - 2015
Michael Howlett1,2, Allan McConnell3,4, Anthony Perl1
1Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Canada
2Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
3Department of Government and International Relations University of Sydney
4School of Government and Public Policy University of Strathclyde

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AbstractUse of metaphors is a staple feature of how we understand policy processes – none more so than the use of ‘policy stages’/'cycles’ and ‘multiple streams’. Yet even allowing for the necessary parsimony of metaphors, the former is often criticised for its lack of ‘real world’ engagement with agency, power, ideology, turbulence and complexity, while the latter focuses only on agenda‐setting but at times has been utilised, with limited results, to understand later stages of the policy process. This article seeks to explore and advance the opportunities for combining both and applying them to the policy‐formation and decision‐making stages of policy making. In doing so it examines possible three, four and five stream models. It argues that a five stream confluence model provides the highest analytical value because it retains the simplicity of metaphors (combining elements of two of the most prominent models in policy studies) while also helping capture some of the more complex and subtle aspects of policy processes, including policy styles and nested systems of governance.

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European Journal of Political Research

Tập 54 Số 3

419-434

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