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Since the first edition published in 1999 with editor Paul Sabatier, Theories of the Policy Process has served as the quintessential gateway to the field of policy process research for students, scholars and practitioners alike. This enduring and well-regarded volume provides a forum for the creators of, or scholars with deep expertise in, the most established and widely used theoretical frameworks to present the basic propositions, empirical evidence, latest updates, and promising directions for future research. This brief but comprehensive volume covers such classics as Multiple Streams(Zahariadis), Punctuated Equilibrium (Jones et al), Advocacy Coalition Framework (Jenkins-Smith et al.), Institutional Analysis and Development Framework (Ostrom et al.), Policy Diffusion (Berry & Berry), and Social Construction and Policy Design (Schneider et al).

This thoroughly updated third edition, with new editor Christopher M. Weible, includes a new introduction on the trajectories and needs of public policy research and two new chapters-- Policy Feedback (Mettler and SoRelle) and Narrative Policy Framework (McBeth et al). A revised chapter presents a comparative analysis and evaluation of the frameworks included in this edition (Cairney & Heikkila), and a new conclusion looks at future directions and emerging areas in the field.

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• Acknowledgments(p. vii)
• Part I Introduction
• 1 Introducing the Scope and Focus of Policy Process Research and Theory(p. 3)
• Part II Theoretical Approaches to Policy Process Research
• 2 Ambiguity and Multiple Streams(p. 25)
• 3 Punctuated Equilibrium Theory: Explaining Stability and Change in Public Policymaking(p. 59)
• 4 Democratic Policy Design: Social Construction of Target Populations(p. 105)
• 5 Policy Feedback Theory(p. 151)
• 6 The Advocacy Coalition Framework: Foundations, Evolution, and Ongoing Research(p. 183)
• 7 The Narrative Policy Framework(p. 225)
• 8 An Assessment of the Institutional Analysis and Development Framework and Introduction of the Social-Ecological Systems Framework(p. 267)
• 9 Innovation and Diffusion Models in Policy Research(p. 307)
• Part III Conclusions
• 10 A Comparison of Theories of the Policy Process(p. 363)
• 11 Advancing Policy Process Research(p. 391)
• About the Contributors(p. 409)
• Index(p. 415)

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Paul A. Sabatier was political scientist and professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Davis.
Christopher M. Weible is associate professor at the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado Denver. He is the editor for the Policy Studies Journal.