Policy Regime Decay

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ID6330736
AuthorsAdam Sheingate (0000-0003-2765-420X, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume50
Issue1
Pages65-89
Publication date2022-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolicy Studies Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0190-292X • E-ISSN: 1541-0072
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/psj.12420
OpenAlexW3115976993
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited47

This paper develops the concept of policy regime decay to examine what happens when the political foundations of public policies break down. Policy regime decay consists of an erosion of consensus over policy goals, an unraveling of support coalitions, and an exhaustion of institutional capacity to structure the policy process. These elements of decay have observable implications and they inform an empirical strategy for a case study of U.S. food and agriculture policy. Using content analysis of congressional hearings, analysis of legislative roll calls, and policy agenda measures, the paper finds evidence of elite disagreement over nutrition programs, a partisan divide on Farm Bill votes, and a diffusion of committee jurisdiction over food and agriculture issues in Congress. These findings have implications for understanding the policy consequences of polarization, policy feedback effects, and the dynamics of policy regimes

Agriculture · Economics · Elite · Food policy · Food security · Jurisdiction · Legislature · Polarization (electrochemistry · Policy studies · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Public policy · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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