TY - BOOK AU - Sabatier,Paul A TI - Theories of the policy process SN - 9780813343594 AV - H97 .T475 2007 PY - 2007///] CY - Boulder, Colo. PB - Westview Press KW - Policy sciences KW - Political planning N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The need for better theories; Paul A. Sabatier --; Institutional rational choice : an assessment of the institutional analysis and development framework; Elinor Ostrom --; The multiple streams framework : structure, limitations, prospects; Nikolaos Zahariadis --; Social construction and policy design; Helen Ingram, Anne L. Schneider, and Peter deLeon --; The network approach; Silke Adam and Hanspeter Kriesi --; Punctuated-equilibrium theory : explaining stability and change in public policymaking; James L. True, Bryan D. Jones, and Frank R. Baumgartner --; The advocacy coalition framework : innovations and clarifications; Paul A. Sabatier and Christopher M. Weible --; Innovation and diffusion models in policy research; Frances Stokes Berry and William D. Berry --; The policy process and large-N comparative studies; William Blomquist --; A comparison of frameworks, theories, and models of public processes; Edella Schlager --; Fostering the development of policy theory; Paul A. Sabatier ER -