The design of policy process research / Samuel Workman & Christopher M. Weible -- How to conduct a multiple streams study / Reimut Zohlnhöfer, Nicole Herweg, Nikolaos Zahariadis -- The code and craft of punctuated equilibrium / Samuel Workman, Frank R. Baumgartner and Bryan D. Jones -- Methods...

This paper investigates the beliefs and framing strategies of interest groups during a period of policy change and the factors explaining policy change. We develop propositions to explore questions concerning policy change primarily from the advocacy coalition framework as well as from other...

There is a growing recognition that public policy controversies are driven more by value differences than by technical deficiencies. Unfortunately, we have yet to develop, test, and refine systematic approaches for understanding political systems. In this article I explain how the advocacy...