Moving policy implementation theory forward: A multiple streams/critical juncture approach

• Published in: Public policy and administration Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 405 - 430
• Main Author: Howlett, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.10.2019; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Advocacy; Agenda setting; Critical junctures; Game theory; Implementation; Literature reviews; Policy implementation; Policy making; Policy science; Political science; Public administration; Public policy; multiple streams; Advocacy coalition framework; stages approach; policy cycle; policy implementation

Meta-reviews of the implementation literature have constantly bemoaned a lack of theory in this area. This is partially a function of the policy sciences having inherited a tradition of descriptive work in public administration, a historical phenomenon exacerbated by the more recent addition to this...