Kingdon's multiple streams approach in new political contexts: Consolidation, configuration, and new findings

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Shephard, Daniel D.; Ellersiek, Anne; Meuer, Johannes; Rupietta, Christian; Mayne, Ruth; Cairney, Paul
• 署名单位: Columbia University; Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain; ETH Zurich; University of Wuppertal; University of Stirling
• 刊物名称: GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0952-1895
• DOI: 10.1111/gove.12521
• 发表日期: 2021
• 关键词: policy; IMPACT; state

摘要

There is a need to conduct more diverse cross-case analyses in the Multiple Streams Approach (MSA) literature which originated in the United States, to show how key concepts, such as a windows-of-opportunity and the role of policy entrepreneurs, manifest in different political contexts. We apply Qualitative Comparative Analysis for a cross-case analysis of a unique dataset representing 20 countries from four continents. This approach allows us to highlight distinct pathways to influencing policies. We identify four configurations for expanding civic spaces and two configurations for changing policies. We identify three findings novel to MSA: there are two distinctive policy entrepreneur roles involving local and international civil society actors; effective entrepreneurship is conditional on strengthening civic voice and creating civic space conducive to advocacy; and, therefore, effective entrepreneurs often must focus on expanding the civic space to discuss policy problemsandthe technical and political feasibility of policy solutions.