Methods of the policy process

Table of content:
1. 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
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The 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 developing and systematizing better methodological approaches to measurement and analysis. To maximize student engagement with the material, each chapter follows a similar framework: introduction of a given theory of the policy process, application of that theory (including best practices for research design, conceptualization, major data sources, data collection, and methodological approaches), critical assessment, future directions, and often online resources (including datasets, survey instruments, and interview and coding protocols). While the structure and focus of each chapter varies slightly according to the theoretical tradition being discussed, each chapter's central aim is to prepare readers to confidently undertake common methodological strategies themselves.

Methods of the Policy Process is especially beneficial to people new to the field, including students enrolled in policy process courses, as well as those without access to formal training. For scholars experienced in applying theories, this edited volume is a helpful reference to clarify best practices in research methods.
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