Colette S Vogeler
Biographic Data
| ID | 1487698 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Colette S Vogeler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Colette S |
| FAMILY NAME | Vogeler |
| SIGNATURE | VOGELER C S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Technische Universität Braunschweig |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0197-4205 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 183 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Explaining Differentiated Policy Implementation of EU Animal Welfare Regulations
Farm animal welfare has emerged as a growing policy subsystem within the European Union's (EU) Common Agricultural Policy. However, despite a harmonized EU framework, member states differ substantially in how they implement EU directives on farm animal welfare. Building on the concept of differentiated policy implementation (DPI), we examine how institutional fit, domestic politics and problem pressure shape national implementation patterns in th…
Differentiated policy implementation in food safety and animal welfare policymaking
Agri‐food policies are in the midst of far‐reaching transitions, including the transformation towards sustainable production and food consumption. The European Green Deal and Farm to Fork Strategy prioritize food safety and animal welfare issues, aiming to transform food systems towards more sustainability. Despite existing EU legislation, little is known about how EU agri‐food policies are implemented across member states. Our analysis addresses…
No more fashion victim? Spillovers across multiple streams: The case of fur farming bans during the Covid‐19 pandemic
Though spillovers have been initially described in the Multiple Streams Framework (MSF), we know little about how to conceptualize and measure them. To investigate spillovers, we draw on the case of fur farming bans during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Whereas fur farming has long been criticized for its animal welfare problems, with the onset of the pandemic, it turned into a public health issue. We argue that COVID‐19 outbreaks on fur farms can be cha…
Conditions Favoring the Reduction of Pesticides: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of EU Member States
Pesticide use in agricultural production presents a significant sustainability challenge, balancing crop protection against environmental and health risks. While the EU pro-vides a common regulatory framework, the implementation in the member states varies considerably. By means of a fsQCA we investigate the conditions for implementation success of pesticide reduction policies. Building on recent literature on differentiated policy implementation…
Exploring the eternal struggle: The Narrative Policy Framework and status quo versus policy change
This article proposes an integration of the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) with prospect theory to investigate how the status quo and policy change are recounted in public debates. By integrating insights from prospect theory into the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF), we investigate narratives in the policy domain of farm animal welfare, which is characterized by a strong polarization of actor coalitions. We compare public debates in France and…
An elephant in the room? Explaining agenda-setting in antimicrobial resistance policies in 30 European countries
Antimicrobial resistances (AMR) present a particularly challenging cross-sectoral policy problem, affecting human and animal health as well as the environment. Compared to the actual problem pressure, the public awareness for AMR is comparatively low and the issue has not been high on the political agenda in most. Given the rising problem pressure, we aim to find out as to what degree and under which conditions political parties bring AMR on the …
Triggers and Hierarchies of Social Identities in the European Parliament
Research on dynamics within the European Parliament frequently draws on group‐based explanations – such as parties and national affiliations – for the behaviour of its members. Hence, there is a growing interest in the question of how policy issues trigger the salience of group memberships and whether partisan or national group memberships – and which of them – rank higher when voting on issues. This article provides answers to these questions by…
Programmatic action in Chinese health policy—The making and design of “Healthy China 2030
The Programmatic Action Framework (PAF) is a powerful analytical perspective to advance our understanding of policy change by stressing the role of programmatic groups and how they promote their preferred policy programs. While the PAF has been applied successfully to European countries and the US, a considerable research gap remains regarding its explanatory power in other regions and political settings. To step into this research gap, we apply …
Relational coupling of multiple streams: The case of Covid‐19 infections in German abattoirs
After a series of COVID‐19 outbreaks among employees in the German meat‐processing industry, the Work Safety Control Act protecting these workers made it on the government's agenda in July 2020. From a Multiple Streams perspective, local corona hotspots may be understood as policy windows for introducing respective measures. However, this alone is not sufficient to explain agenda setting. This study investigates the coupling of streams within pol…
The integration of environmental objectives in the common agricultural policy—partisan politics in the European Parliament
This study examines the policy preferences of political groups in the 8th European Parliament regarding the design of agricultural policy and the integration of environmental goals therein. Due to the high degree of Europeanization of the Common Agricultural Policy, the analysis of party positions at the EU level is particularly interesting. To what extent are the positions of political groups changing against the background of the increasing pub…
Hydraulic fracturing, polarization, and environmental policy implementation
It is been a year since we have taken over as the editorial team of the Review of Policy Research and a lot has happened since then. Meanwhile, the journal step by step bears our hallmarks and this issue gives an idea of where we intend to head with the journal and what our understanding of the aims and scope is. It is both the theoretical advancement and the application of policy process theories and public policy perspectives on science, techno…
Localities and infrastructures in science, technology, and environmental policy making
When national and subnational governments adopt policies to address challenges in science, technology, and environment, policy success depends on the extent to which these are implemented. At this point, localities and infrastructures are crucial to achieve the policy objectives associated with measures, and to sustain the developments that gear to improvements in environmental preservation as well as scientific and technological advances. The ar…
Layering Action Situations to Integrate Spatial Scales, Resource Linkages, and Change over Time: The Case of Groundwater Management in Agricultural Hubs in Germany
This paper contributes to the integration of the study of multiple (i) spatial scales, (ii) resource systems, and (iii) points in time in natural resource governance by introducing a strategy of layering action situations. In the Institutional Analysis and Development Framework, action situations can be studied singularly, in comparison, or as networks of action situations. Building on this work, we propose to complement an established action sit…
Crises, technology, and policy change
Public policy research investigates conditions and triggers of policy change in many ways. Technological developments and other innovations are part of these drivers but have to be seen in the context of other social, economic, and political conditions and developments. Although technological change is often a long-term process, policy change may occur only abruptly. This can be partly attributed to the fact that major policy changes are usually …
Agri‐food technology politics: Exploring policy narratives in the European Parliament
The Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) highlights the role of arguments and emotions included in stories to influence the policy process. Most applications refer to highly politicized issues. How are narratives used in less politicized debates? This paper applies the NPF to two debates within the European Parliament (EP) which generally gain less public media attention than national debates. By conducting a discourse network analysis of two policy …
Decarbonization and climate change
The summer months of 2021 brought extreme weather events like floods and wildland fires event to previously less affected areas. As a consequence, the topic of climate change is as up-to-date as ever, and with it the question of how to contain and mitigate CO2 emissions. At the intersection of science, technology, and environmental policy, but also public health, the Review of Policy Research (RPR) presents a platform for this discussion. All art…
Advancing theories of public policy for the analysis of environmental challenges across countries
The RPR is devoted to the publication of high-class research exploring the politics and policy of science and technology. With their publications in the RPR, many authors have in addition contributed significantly to the further theoretical development of existing public policy frameworks. In the future alignment of the RPR, we aim to closely interlink relevant empirical questions with public policy research and therewith advance theory developme…
The politics and policy of science and technology: Past and future
The Review of Policy Research (RPR) is a long-existing and traditional journal of policy research and part of the journal family published under the aegis of the Policy Studies Organization (PSO) and in cooperation with Wiley. Originally given the name “Policy Studies Review” and as a sister journal of the Policy Studies Journal, which currently is the policy process journal with the highest impact factor, the RPR developed its own standing and p…
United against precarious working conditions? Explaining the role of trade unions in improving migrants’ working conditions in the British and German meat-processing industries
The literature has described trade unions’ positions towards both precarious workers and migrant workers as ambivalent. By studying an extreme case, the meat-processing industries in the United Kingdom and in Germany, we show how trade unions were decisive in both countries in bringing exploitative working conditions on the political agenda and in advancing policy change. However, the strategies through which trade unions contributed to this diff…
The transformative power of technological change for public policy
Review of Policy Research (RPR) is a journal of public policy. An important tradition of the journal is its emphasis on multidisciplinary perspectives. Public policy can combine political science and other social science approaches with disciplines such as psychology, ecology, geography, and engineering. Multidisciplinarity is fruitful for all fields of public policy. It has a special tradition in the fields of science, technology, environment, e…
Politicizing Farm Animal Welfare: A Comparative Study of Policy Change in the United States of America
Farm animal welfare is becoming a subject of politicization strategies. The conflicting policy preferences are pronounced in the United States, with its large and highly intensified livestock sector. The lack of federal farm animal welfare regulations shifted politicization strategies of animal welfare advocates to the state level. By 2019 12 states had already passed legislation to protect animals in food production. This comparative study revea…
Yet another paradigm change? Narratives and competing policy paradigms in Brazilian labour market policies
When policy paradigms compete for sovereignty, a well thought-out narrative story is essential to arguing why one paradigm is superior to another. Narrative stories can be applied to underline the imperative for paradigmatic policy change. Combining Hall’s work on policy paradigms with Stone’s conceptualisation of narrative stories, this article explores how narrative stories are applied to support or oppose competing policy paradigms and propose…
Why Do Farm Animal Welfare Regulations Vary Between EU Member States? A Comparative Analysis of Societal and Party Political Determinants in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK
In the field of agricultural policy, farm animal welfare is gaining importance. At the European Union level, animal welfare policies have been developing since the 1970s. However, national regulations vary considerably between member states. The study provides a systematic comparison of farm animal welfare regulations in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK and explores the factors that influence differences by applying theories from comparat…
Social identities in the policy process
This paper introduces social identity theory and self-categorization theory to policy process research. Drawing from the prominent and widely acknowledged psychological social identity approach, it develops the theoretical concept of social identities in the policy process (SIPP) and advances the understanding of policy actors' behavior. Compared to psychological foundations of existing theories of the policy process, the social identity approach…
Mutual and Self Perceptions of Opposing Advocacy Coalitions: Devil Shift and Angel Shift in a German Policy Subsystem
In political conflicts, actors tend to assume that opponents behave maliciously. This phenomena is part of the "devil shift," which was introduced in advocacy coalition framework research. We present a multivariate analysis of the perceptions of motives and actions of opposing coalitions in a political conflict and thereby analyze a major dimension of the "devil shift" and of its antonym "angel shift." The conflict concerning the German infrastru…
Social identities in the policy process
This paper introduces social identity theory and self-categorization theory to policy process research. Drawing from the prominent and widely acknowledged psychological social identity approach, it develops the theoretical concept of social identities in the policy process (SIPP) and advances the understanding of policy actors' behavior. Compared to psychological foundations of existing theories of the policy process, the social identity approach…
Learning as a Necessary but Not Sufficient Condition for Major Health Policy Change: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis Combining ACF and MSF
Following the financial crisis, Bismarckian health systems underwent some major reforms. This article analyzes under which conditions major reforms occurred. To do so, it theoretically combines conditions from the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) and the Multiple Streams Framework (MSF) to emphasize the added value of merging them to explain major policy change. By combining these two approaches, it is possible to present a more comprehensive p…
Why Do Farm Animal Welfare Regulations Vary Between EU Member States? A Comparative Analysis of Societal and Party Political Determinants in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK
In the field of agricultural policy, farm animal welfare is gaining importance. At the European Union level, animal welfare policies have been developing since the 1970s. However, national regulations vary considerably between member states. The study provides a systematic comparison of farm animal welfare regulations in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK and explores the factors that influence differences by applying theories from comparat…
Layering Action Situations to Integrate Spatial Scales, Resource Linkages, and Change over Time: The Case of Groundwater Management in Agricultural Hubs in Germany
This paper contributes to the integration of the study of multiple (i) spatial scales, (ii) resource systems, and (iii) points in time in natural resource governance by introducing a strategy of layering action situations. In the Institutional Analysis and Development Framework, action situations can be studied singularly, in comparison, or as networks of action situations. Building on this work, we propose to complement an established action sit…
Agri‐food technology politics: Exploring policy narratives in the European Parliament
The Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) highlights the role of arguments and emotions included in stories to influence the policy process. Most applications refer to highly politicized issues. How are narratives used in less politicized debates? This paper applies the NPF to two debates within the European Parliament (EP) which generally gain less public media attention than national debates. By conducting a discourse network analysis of two policy …
Mutual and Self Perceptions of Opposing Advocacy Coalitions: Devil Shift and Angel Shift in a German Policy Subsystem
In political conflicts, actors tend to assume that opponents behave maliciously. This phenomena is part of the "devil shift," which was introduced in advocacy coalition framework research. We present a multivariate analysis of the perceptions of motives and actions of opposing coalitions in a political conflict and thereby analyze a major dimension of the "devil shift" and of its antonym "angel shift." The conflict concerning the German infrastru…
Relational coupling of multiple streams: The case of Covid‐19 infections in German abattoirs
After a series of COVID‐19 outbreaks among employees in the German meat‐processing industry, the Work Safety Control Act protecting these workers made it on the government's agenda in July 2020. From a Multiple Streams perspective, local corona hotspots may be understood as policy windows for introducing respective measures. However, this alone is not sufficient to explain agenda setting. This study investigates the coupling of streams within pol…
Farm Animal Welfare Policy in Comparative Perspective: Determinants of Cross‐national Differences in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland
Societal concerns for the welfare of animals are increasing: a majority of Europeans believe that farm animals should be better protected. Even so, there is no systematic policy analytic assessment of the development and the determinants of animal welfare policy. This paper addresses these research gaps and contributes to the inclusion of the field of animal welfare in policy analysis. Austria, Germany, and Switzerland share comprehensive legisla…
Programmatic action in Chinese health policy—The making and design of “Healthy China 2030
The Programmatic Action Framework (PAF) is a powerful analytical perspective to advance our understanding of policy change by stressing the role of programmatic groups and how they promote their preferred policy programs. While the PAF has been applied successfully to European countries and the US, a considerable research gap remains regarding its explanatory power in other regions and political settings. To step into this research gap, we apply …
Politicizing Farm Animal Welfare: A Comparative Study of Policy Change in the United States of America
Farm animal welfare is becoming a subject of politicization strategies. The conflicting policy preferences are pronounced in the United States, with its large and highly intensified livestock sector. The lack of federal farm animal welfare regulations shifted politicization strategies of animal welfare advocates to the state level. By 2019 12 states had already passed legislation to protect animals in food production. This comparative study revea…
Exploring the eternal struggle: The Narrative Policy Framework and status quo versus policy change
This article proposes an integration of the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) with prospect theory to investigate how the status quo and policy change are recounted in public debates. By integrating insights from prospect theory into the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF), we investigate narratives in the policy domain of farm animal welfare, which is characterized by a strong polarization of actor coalitions. We compare public debates in France and…
United against precarious working conditions? Explaining the role of trade unions in improving migrants’ working conditions in the British and German meat-processing industries
The literature has described trade unions’ positions towards both precarious workers and migrant workers as ambivalent. By studying an extreme case, the meat-processing industries in the United Kingdom and in Germany, we show how trade unions were decisive in both countries in bringing exploitative working conditions on the political agenda and in advancing policy change. However, the strategies through which trade unions contributed to this diff…
Yet another paradigm change? Narratives and competing policy paradigms in Brazilian labour market policies
When policy paradigms compete for sovereignty, a well thought-out narrative story is essential to arguing why one paradigm is superior to another. Narrative stories can be applied to underline the imperative for paradigmatic policy change. Combining Hall’s work on policy paradigms with Stone’s conceptualisation of narrative stories, this article explores how narrative stories are applied to support or oppose competing policy paradigms and propose…
An elephant in the room? Explaining agenda-setting in antimicrobial resistance policies in 30 European countries
Antimicrobial resistances (AMR) present a particularly challenging cross-sectoral policy problem, affecting human and animal health as well as the environment. Compared to the actual problem pressure, the public awareness for AMR is comparatively low and the issue has not been high on the political agenda in most. Given the rising problem pressure, we aim to find out as to what degree and under which conditions political parties bring AMR on the …
Triggers and Hierarchies of Social Identities in the European Parliament
Research on dynamics within the European Parliament frequently draws on group‐based explanations – such as parties and national affiliations – for the behaviour of its members. Hence, there is a growing interest in the question of how policy issues trigger the salience of group memberships and whether partisan or national group memberships – and which of them – rank higher when voting on issues. This article provides answers to these questions by…
Conditions Favoring the Reduction of Pesticides: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of EU Member States
Pesticide use in agricultural production presents a significant sustainability challenge, balancing crop protection against environmental and health risks. While the EU pro-vides a common regulatory framework, the implementation in the member states varies considerably. By means of a fsQCA we investigate the conditions for implementation success of pesticide reduction policies. Building on recent literature on differentiated policy implementation…
Hydraulic fracturing, polarization, and environmental policy implementation
It is been a year since we have taken over as the editorial team of the Review of Policy Research and a lot has happened since then. Meanwhile, the journal step by step bears our hallmarks and this issue gives an idea of where we intend to head with the journal and what our understanding of the aims and scope is. It is both the theoretical advancement and the application of policy process theories and public policy perspectives on science, techno…
Crises, technology, and policy change
Public policy research investigates conditions and triggers of policy change in many ways. Technological developments and other innovations are part of these drivers but have to be seen in the context of other social, economic, and political conditions and developments. Although technological change is often a long-term process, policy change may occur only abruptly. This can be partly attributed to the fact that major policy changes are usually …
The transformative power of technological change for public policy
Review of Policy Research (RPR) is a journal of public policy. An important tradition of the journal is its emphasis on multidisciplinary perspectives. Public policy can combine political science and other social science approaches with disciplines such as psychology, ecology, geography, and engineering. Multidisciplinarity is fruitful for all fields of public policy. It has a special tradition in the fields of science, technology, environment, e…
Devil Shift und Angel Shift in eskalierten politischen Konflikten am Beispiel von Stuttgart 21
Devil Shift und Angel Shift in eskalierten politischen Konflikten am Beispiel von Stuttgart 21
Farm Animal Welfare Policy in Comparative Perspective: Determinants of Cross‐national Differences in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland
Societal concerns for the welfare of animals are increasing: a majority of Europeans believe that farm animals should be better protected. Even so, there is no systematic policy analytic assessment of the development and the determinants of animal welfare policy. This paper addresses these research gaps and contributes to the inclusion of the field of animal welfare in policy analysis. Austria, Germany, and Switzerland share comprehensive legisla…
Learning as a Necessary but Not Sufficient Condition for Major Health Policy Change: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis Combining ACF and MSF
Following the financial crisis, Bismarckian health systems underwent some major reforms. This article analyzes under which conditions major reforms occurred. To do so, it theoretically combines conditions from the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) and the Multiple Streams Framework (MSF) to emphasize the added value of merging them to explain major policy change. By combining these two approaches, it is possible to present a more comprehensive p…
Social identities in the policy process
This paper introduces social identity theory and self-categorization theory to policy process research. Drawing from the prominent and widely acknowledged psychological social identity approach, it develops the theoretical concept of social identities in the policy process (SIPP) and advances the understanding of policy actors' behavior. Compared to psychological foundations of existing theories of the policy process, the social identity approach…
Mutual and Self Perceptions of Opposing Advocacy Coalitions: Devil Shift and Angel Shift in a German Policy Subsystem
In political conflicts, actors tend to assume that opponents behave maliciously. This phenomena is part of the "devil shift," which was introduced in advocacy coalition framework research. We present a multivariate analysis of the perceptions of motives and actions of opposing coalitions in a political conflict and thereby analyze a major dimension of the "devil shift" and of its antonym "angel shift." The conflict concerning the German infrastru…
Yet another paradigm change? Narratives and competing policy paradigms in Brazilian labour market policies
When policy paradigms compete for sovereignty, a well thought-out narrative story is essential to arguing why one paradigm is superior to another. Narrative stories can be applied to underline the imperative for paradigmatic policy change. Combining Hall’s work on policy paradigms with Stone’s conceptualisation of narrative stories, this article explores how narrative stories are applied to support or oppose competing policy paradigms and propose…
Why Do Farm Animal Welfare Regulations Vary Between EU Member States? A Comparative Analysis of Societal and Party Political Determinants in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK
In the field of agricultural policy, farm animal welfare is gaining importance. At the European Union level, animal welfare policies have been developing since the 1970s. However, national regulations vary considerably between member states. The study provides a systematic comparison of farm animal welfare regulations in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK and explores the factors that influence differences by applying theories from comparat…
Politicizing Farm Animal Welfare: A Comparative Study of Policy Change in the United States of America
Farm animal welfare is becoming a subject of politicization strategies. The conflicting policy preferences are pronounced in the United States, with its large and highly intensified livestock sector. The lack of federal farm animal welfare regulations shifted politicization strategies of animal welfare advocates to the state level. By 2019 12 states had already passed legislation to protect animals in food production. This comparative study revea…
Agri‐food technology politics: Exploring policy narratives in the European Parliament
The Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) highlights the role of arguments and emotions included in stories to influence the policy process. Most applications refer to highly politicized issues. How are narratives used in less politicized debates? This paper applies the NPF to two debates within the European Parliament (EP) which generally gain less public media attention than national debates. By conducting a discourse network analysis of two policy …
Decarbonization and climate change
The summer months of 2021 brought extreme weather events like floods and wildland fires event to previously less affected areas. As a consequence, the topic of climate change is as up-to-date as ever, and with it the question of how to contain and mitigate CO2 emissions. At the intersection of science, technology, and environmental policy, but also public health, the Review of Policy Research (RPR) presents a platform for this discussion. All art…
Advancing theories of public policy for the analysis of environmental challenges across countries
The RPR is devoted to the publication of high-class research exploring the politics and policy of science and technology. With their publications in the RPR, many authors have in addition contributed significantly to the further theoretical development of existing public policy frameworks. In the future alignment of the RPR, we aim to closely interlink relevant empirical questions with public policy research and therewith advance theory developme…
The politics and policy of science and technology: Past and future
The Review of Policy Research (RPR) is a long-existing and traditional journal of policy research and part of the journal family published under the aegis of the Policy Studies Organization (PSO) and in cooperation with Wiley. Originally given the name “Policy Studies Review” and as a sister journal of the Policy Studies Journal, which currently is the policy process journal with the highest impact factor, the RPR developed its own standing and p…
United against precarious working conditions? Explaining the role of trade unions in improving migrants’ working conditions in the British and German meat-processing industries
The literature has described trade unions’ positions towards both precarious workers and migrant workers as ambivalent. By studying an extreme case, the meat-processing industries in the United Kingdom and in Germany, we show how trade unions were decisive in both countries in bringing exploitative working conditions on the political agenda and in advancing policy change. However, the strategies through which trade unions contributed to this diff…
The transformative power of technological change for public policy
Review of Policy Research (RPR) is a journal of public policy. An important tradition of the journal is its emphasis on multidisciplinary perspectives. Public policy can combine political science and other social science approaches with disciplines such as psychology, ecology, geography, and engineering. Multidisciplinarity is fruitful for all fields of public policy. It has a special tradition in the fields of science, technology, environment, e…
The integration of environmental objectives in the common agricultural policy—partisan politics in the European Parliament
This study examines the policy preferences of political groups in the 8th European Parliament regarding the design of agricultural policy and the integration of environmental goals therein. Due to the high degree of Europeanization of the Common Agricultural Policy, the analysis of party positions at the EU level is particularly interesting. To what extent are the positions of political groups changing against the background of the increasing pub…
Hydraulic fracturing, polarization, and environmental policy implementation
It is been a year since we have taken over as the editorial team of the Review of Policy Research and a lot has happened since then. Meanwhile, the journal step by step bears our hallmarks and this issue gives an idea of where we intend to head with the journal and what our understanding of the aims and scope is. It is both the theoretical advancement and the application of policy process theories and public policy perspectives on science, techno…
Localities and infrastructures in science, technology, and environmental policy making
When national and subnational governments adopt policies to address challenges in science, technology, and environment, policy success depends on the extent to which these are implemented. At this point, localities and infrastructures are crucial to achieve the policy objectives associated with measures, and to sustain the developments that gear to improvements in environmental preservation as well as scientific and technological advances. The ar…
Layering Action Situations to Integrate Spatial Scales, Resource Linkages, and Change over Time: The Case of Groundwater Management in Agricultural Hubs in Germany
This paper contributes to the integration of the study of multiple (i) spatial scales, (ii) resource systems, and (iii) points in time in natural resource governance by introducing a strategy of layering action situations. In the Institutional Analysis and Development Framework, action situations can be studied singularly, in comparison, or as networks of action situations. Building on this work, we propose to complement an established action sit…
Crises, technology, and policy change
Public policy research investigates conditions and triggers of policy change in many ways. Technological developments and other innovations are part of these drivers but have to be seen in the context of other social, economic, and political conditions and developments. Although technological change is often a long-term process, policy change may occur only abruptly. This can be partly attributed to the fact that major policy changes are usually …
Triggers and Hierarchies of Social Identities in the European Parliament
Research on dynamics within the European Parliament frequently draws on group‐based explanations – such as parties and national affiliations – for the behaviour of its members. Hence, there is a growing interest in the question of how policy issues trigger the salience of group memberships and whether partisan or national group memberships – and which of them – rank higher when voting on issues. This article provides answers to these questions by…
Programmatic action in Chinese health policy—The making and design of “Healthy China 2030
The Programmatic Action Framework (PAF) is a powerful analytical perspective to advance our understanding of policy change by stressing the role of programmatic groups and how they promote their preferred policy programs. While the PAF has been applied successfully to European countries and the US, a considerable research gap remains regarding its explanatory power in other regions and political settings. To step into this research gap, we apply …
Relational coupling of multiple streams: The case of Covid‐19 infections in German abattoirs
After a series of COVID‐19 outbreaks among employees in the German meat‐processing industry, the Work Safety Control Act protecting these workers made it on the government's agenda in July 2020. From a Multiple Streams perspective, local corona hotspots may be understood as policy windows for introducing respective measures. However, this alone is not sufficient to explain agenda setting. This study investigates the coupling of streams within pol…
Exploring the eternal struggle: The Narrative Policy Framework and status quo versus policy change
This article proposes an integration of the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) with prospect theory to investigate how the status quo and policy change are recounted in public debates. By integrating insights from prospect theory into the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF), we investigate narratives in the policy domain of farm animal welfare, which is characterized by a strong polarization of actor coalitions. We compare public debates in France and…
An elephant in the room? Explaining agenda-setting in antimicrobial resistance policies in 30 European countries
Antimicrobial resistances (AMR) present a particularly challenging cross-sectoral policy problem, affecting human and animal health as well as the environment. Compared to the actual problem pressure, the public awareness for AMR is comparatively low and the issue has not been high on the political agenda in most. Given the rising problem pressure, we aim to find out as to what degree and under which conditions political parties bring AMR on the …
Differentiated policy implementation in food safety and animal welfare policymaking
Agri‐food policies are in the midst of far‐reaching transitions, including the transformation towards sustainable production and food consumption. The European Green Deal and Farm to Fork Strategy prioritize food safety and animal welfare issues, aiming to transform food systems towards more sustainability. Despite existing EU legislation, little is known about how EU agri‐food policies are implemented across member states. Our analysis addresses…
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