Table 1 Theories of the policy process identified
Name of theory of the policy process | Alternative names identified in search |
|---|---|
Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) | Advocacy Coalition Theory Sabatier |
Multiple Streams Theory (MST) | Multiple Streams Framework Multiple Streams Analysis Three Streams Model Three Streams Framework Kingdon’s Theory |
Punctuated Equilibrium Theory (PET) | Baumgartner and Jones' |
Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) | Ostrum |
Institutional theory | Institutionalism Theory |
Garbage Can Model | Â |
Bacchi’s theory | What’s the problem represented to be? Bacchi’s approach |
Agenda setting theory | Â |
Incrementalism | Â |
Rational Choice Theory (RCT) | Rational Choice |
Actor Network Theory (ANT) | Â |
Policy Network Theory (PNT) | Â |
Theory of Collaborative Policy Networks | Â |
Marxism | Â |
Neo-liberalism | Â |
Diffusion of Innovations (DOI) | Â |
Narrative policy framework (NPF) | Â |
Policy Feedback Theory (PFT) | Â |
Social Construction Framework (SCF) | Social Construction Theory |