TY - BOOK AU - Weible, Christopher M AU - Sabatier, Paul A TI - Theories of the Policy Process SN - 9780367086213 U1 - 320.6 PY - 2018/// CY - Routledge PB - Westview Press KW - Political science KW - Policy sciences KW - Political planning N1 - Acknowledgments; PART I: Introduction ; 1. Introducing the Scope and Focus of Policy Process Research and Theory ; PART II: Theoretical Approaches to Policy Process Research ; 2. Ambiguity and Multiple Streams; 3. Punctuated Equilibrium Theory: Explaining Stability and Change in Public Policymaking ; 4. Democratic Policy Design: Social Construction of Target Populations ; 5. Policy Feedback Theory ; 6. The Advocacy Coalition Framework: Foundations, Evolution, and Ongoing Research ; 7. The Narrative Policy Framework. 8. An Assessment of the Institutional Analysis and Development Framework and Introduction of the Social-Ecological Systems Framework 9. Innovation and Diffusion Models in Policy Research ; PART III: Conclusions ; 10. A Comparison of Theories of the Policy Process ; 11. Advancing Policy Process Research ; About the Contributors ER -