Don't you forget about me! Concepts missing from policy process frameworks when applied to Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7989417 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Reimut Zohlnhöfer (0000-0001-7808-9410, Heidelberg University, corresponding author), Nicole Herweg (0000-0001-7821-0145, Heidelberg University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 207-229 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Policy Analysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2380-6567 • E-ISSN: 2380-6567 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/epa2.1236 |
| OpenAlex | W4406252799 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 74 |
Most policy process frameworks were developed in the US but are also applied to (Western) Europe. However, policy processes, the relevant actors, and the institutional setting differ substantially. Hence, the question arises if certain concepts that are important in the European context are missing from the frameworks and if the frameworks have been adapted to take these concepts into account. We discuss the three frameworks most widely applied to Europe, the Advocacy Coalition Framework, the Multiple Streams Framework, and the Punctuated Equilibrium Theory, and focus on three concepts that seem particularly relevant in shaping European policy processes, namely political parties, macro‐level institutions, and Europeanization. It turns out that all three frameworks have something to say about all three concepts, although some voids remain. Nonetheless, the adaptations that have been suggested make all three frameworks applicable to European countries and promise substantial explanatory capacity also in these contexts
Business · Political science · Process (computing · Process management · Programming language · Computer Science · European Union Policy and Governance · Policy Transfer and Learning · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Decision-Making under Ambiguity and Time Constraints
Do Elections (Still) Matter?
Theories of the Policy Process
Policy Diffusion Dynamics in America
The Advocacy Coalition Framework
The Multiple Streams Framework
Partisan politics
The Logic of Policy Change after Crisis
The Advocacy Coalition Framework
The Multiple Streams Framework
Veto Players
Political Parties in Western Democracies
Development and Crisis of the Welfare State
The Reshaping of West European Party Politics
China’s Policy Processes and the Advocacy Coalition Framework
Patterns of democracy
Democracy, Authoritarianism, and Policy Punctuations
Alive and Kicking at 40. From Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies to a Policy Process Framework
Infringements of European Union law at the local and regional level across Member States
The European Commission as a Policy Entrepreneur under the European Semester
The Europeanization of Swiss Decision‐Making Processes
Bringing Formal Political Institutions into the Multiple Streams Framework
How Politics Matter When Policies Change
Paving the way for employment? The impact of the Luxembourg process on German labour market policies
A River Runs Through It
Climate change benchmarking
Policy Benchmarking in the European Union
The Role of International Policy Transfer Within the Multiple Streams Approach
Big Windows and Little Windows
Explaining European agenda-setting using the multiple streams framework
Bringing agency back into the study of partisan politics
The neglected effects of Europeanization in the member states – policy-making in directly EU-influenced and sovereign domains
Institutional issue proclivity in the EU
Why there is no 'southern problem'. On environmental leaders and laggards in the European Union
The advocacy coalition framework
From Summitry to EU Government
Policy Transfer in the European Union
Policy Diffusion Through Multiple Streams
Symposium
Government Responses to Fiscal Austerity
Theories of the Policy Process
Partisan politics and economic intervention
The Garbage Can Model & the Study of Policy Making
An Idea Whose Time has Come? Explaining the Rise of Well-Being in British Politics
From There to Here
There and Back Again
Sharpening Advocacy Coalitions
Institutions and coalitions in policy processes
Institutions in the politics of policy change
Advocacy Coalitions and the Internationalization of Public Health Policies
Treating Policy Brokers Seriously
Incentives to comply
The role of ideas in policy transfer
Policy with or without parties? A comparative analysis of policy priorities and policy change in Belgium, 1991 to 2000
Understanding policy change with the advocacy coalition framework
Political parties, institutions, and the dynamics of social expenditure in times of austerity
Punctuated Equilibrium and Agenda‐Setting
Straightening the three streams
Comparing Government Agendas
A General Empirical Law of Public Budgets
Punctuated Equilibrium in Comparative Perspective
The Fulfillment of Parties’ Election Pledges
What Is Known about Punctuated Equilibrium Theory? And What Does That Tell Us about the Construction, Validation, and Replication of Knowledge in the Policy Sciences
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |