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- Title
Participation in Policy Streams: Testing the Separation of Problems and Solutions in Subnational Policy Systems.
- Authors
Robinson, Scott E.; Eller, Warren S.
- Abstract
The multiple streams theory of national policymaking has been influential in the study of public administration and public policy—if not without a fair bit of controversy. While some laud the model for its openness to the important role of policy entrepreneurs and the irrationalities of the decision-making processes, others criticize the model for its lack of readily testable propositions. This article identifies a series of testable propositions in the multiple streams model (particularly that discussed by Kingdon). We assess whether participation in local policymaking (focusing on school district policymaking related to violence prevention) is characterized by “separate streams” of participants or is dominated by organized participants like interest groups or policy specialists. We found evidence of unity (rather than separation) in the policymaking process and scant evidence of elite, organized interests dominating the policymaking process. The results call into question a key assumption of the multiple streams model.
- Subjects
POLICY sciences; PUBLIC administration; GARBAGE can models of decision making; DECISION making; PREVENTION of school violence; SCHOOL district management
- Publication
Policy Studies Journal, 2010, Vol 38, Issue 2, p199
- ISSN
0190-292X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1541-0072.2010.00358.x