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Policy Regimes and Policy Change

Journal of Public Policy, 2000
The evolution of public policies in the United States has been characterized as a process involving long periods of stability followed by abrupt episodes of substantial change. In this project, we identify strands in the literature and synthesize policy theories into a policy regime model useful in explaining both stability and change.
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Policy Failure and Policy Change

Comparative Political Studies, 2006
The failure of a policy to achieve its goals is often an important reason for the decision to replace it. Failure alone, however, is rarely a sufficient explanation of the timing and direction of policy change. Change follows failure when alternative policies exist that are politically viable—that is, able to garner support from powerful actors—and ...
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Policy Making and Policy Changing

2009
Abstract This chapter explains the context which governs social policy and our role as interdisciplinary workers to be agents of social change. Policies grow out of the experience of our daily lives, which includes individual perspectives and values, family experiences, cultural history, and economic forces.
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Policy Changes

The FASEB Journal, 2016
Objective Obesity is a significant health concern in the United States. In 2012, more than one third of all U.S. children and adolescents were overweight or obese. Causes of obesity are complex and include behavioral, social, biological and environmental factors.
Kattelmann, Kendra, Chen, B, Daniels, A, Zies, Susan, Stefura, B, Muturi, Nancy, Li, Y, Lindshield, Erika, Kidd, Tandalayo   +8 more
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Administrative reform as policy change and policy non-change

Social Science Japan Journal, 1999
The literature on administrative reform around the world shows that such efforts are quite popular but rarely have much effect. Post-war Japan is no exception. For decades, attention focused on restraining the number of civil servants across all government agencies, a 'balanced' approach that was attractive because it was easy to implement.The ...
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Policy change and policy analysis

1989
This issue contains selection of papers from the 2nd Annual Conference of the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP), which was held in Lisbon, Portugal in March 2008. The goal of the ISSDP, as the name suggests, is to promote research related to policies on how societies respond to illegal drugs and to create an international ...
Peter, Reuter, Bergeron, Henri
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Policy Change

2022
Institutional quality lies at the heart of much of the work in comparative political economy, through paradigms such as agenda-setting, policy image, and the influence of the media. And while the growth and development trajectories of economies may encounter positive and negative political shocks, the broad effects have implications in both developing ...
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Changing Visiting Policy

Dimensions Of Critical Care Nursing, 1988
J, Owen, M, Hammons, B, Brooks, C, Cain, I, Smith, S, Mann   +5 more
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Policy Change

This chapter explores the racialized foundations of the United States criminal justice system, from slave patrols to mass incarceration. It critiques colorblind legal ideologies and highlights how punitive policies, especially during the War on Drugs, entrenched systemic inequities.
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Attributing agnostically detected large reductions in road CO2 emissions to policy mixes

Nature Energy, 2022
Nicolas Koch, Lennard Naumann, Felix Pretis   +2 more
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