Policy Change, Policy Feedback, and Interest Mobilization
The Politics of Nuclear Waste Management
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4074232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew C Nowlin (0000-0002-0513-3756, College of Charleston, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 51-70 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Policy Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1541-132X • E-ISSN: 1541-1338 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ropr.12158 |
| OpenAlex | W2222373274 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 54 |
Many of the leading theories of the policy process are aimed at providing insights into the factors that make policy change more (or less) likely. In general, policy change is seen as a result of shifting dynamics within policy subsystems. However, building on theories of policy feedback and interest mobilization, this article examines whether policy change, apart from being an effect of subsystem dynamics, can be a cause of shifting dynamics as latent actors are motivated to participate in the subsystem as a result of policy change. Two hypotheses regarding post-policy change mobilization are developed and tested using data on participation in congressional hearings concerning the management of nuclear waste. The findings suggest that policy change can activate latent policy actors, specifically those actors that view themselves as "losing" as a result of the policy change. These results point to the need for scholars to examine the potential impacts of post-policy change dynamics on policy development
Economic growth · Economics · Mobilization · Policy analysis · Policy studies · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Public policy · Sociology · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration
Policy feedback and the politics of trade agreements
Advocacy coalitions and political control
Deciding who decides
Dynamic Adjustment for Disaster Governance in a Party‐State
Policy Learning and Information Processing
Explaining Advocacy Coalition Change with Policy Feedback
Dismissing the “Vocal Minority
Interest groups and policy volatility
Exploring Aggregate vs. Relative Public Trust in Administrative Agencies that Manage Spent Nuclear Fuel in the United States
Mapping the development of North Korea's domestic nuclear research networks
The governmental process
Lobbying and Policy Change
Basic Interests
The Population Ecology of Interest Representation
Mobilizing Interest Groups in America
Punctuated Equilibrium Theory
The Advocacy Coalition Framework
Policy change and learning
Policy Makes Mass Politics
The Logic of Collective Action
Expert‐Based Information and Policy Subsystems
Social Construction and Policy Design
Public And State Responses To High‐Level Nuclear Waste Disposal
Long-term repository governance
Federalism and nuclear waste disposal
Structures for Policy Implementation
Disjointed Pluralism
Nuclear Politics in America
Agenda Dynamics and Policy Subsystems
Bringing the State Back In to Civic Engagement
Theories of the Policy Process
When Effect Becomes Cause
Policy Feedback and the Politics of Administration
Collaboration by Deflection
Nuclear Power and the Challenge of High-Level Waste Disposal in the United States
Federal Policy Activity and the Mobilization of State Lobbying Organizations
Drawing Lobbyists to Washington
Legislation, Political Context, and Interest Group Behavior
Congressional and Presidential Effects on the Demand for Lobbying
The Subsystem Family of Concepts
Lobbying after 9/11
What Is Next for Policy Design and Social Construction Theory?1
Constructing Homeland Security
Up in Smoke
Widespread Policy Disruption and Interest Mobilization
Short‐Term Versus Long‐Term Coalitions in the Policy Process
Losers in Politics (and How They Sometimes Become Winners)
The Politics of Attention
Interest Group Resources and Testimony at Congressional Hearings
A Change of Mind or a Change of Focus? A Theory of Choice Reversals in Politics
Studying Organizational Advocacy and Influence
Explaining Change in Policy Subsystems
Information and Congressional Hearings
Legislative Agendas and Interest Advocacy
A Public Transformed? Welfare Reform as Policy Feedback
Impact Assessment and Policy Failure
Understanding a Period of Policy Change
The Enactment of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982
Social Construction of Target Populations
Understanding selection bias, time-lags and measurement bias in secondary data sources
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |