Policy Networks and Policy Change: Putting Policy Network Theory to the Test

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables and Figures......Page 9
List of Abbreviations......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Definition......Page 15
Introduction......Page 16
1.1 Introduction......Page 21
1.2 Conceptions of policy networks in the literature......Page 22
1.3 Policy networks defined......Page 26
1.4 Policy network theory defined......Page 27
1.5 Summary......Page 32
2.2 The idea of resources and resource exchange......Page 33
2.3 The identity of policy network members......Page 34
2.4 Resources: the literature......Page 36
2.5 Tradable and enabling resources......Page 41
2.6 Summary......Page 47
3.1 Introduction......Page 49
3.2 How policy network theory explains policy change......Page 50
3.3 Direct influences of policy network variables on resource exchange......Page 51
3.4 Indirect influences of policy network variables......Page 57
3.5 Exogenous sources of changes in policy network variables......Page 62
3.6 Summary......Page 64
4.1 Introduction......Page 67
4.2 Identifying relevant exogenous variables......Page 69
4.3 Methodology for tracing the policy implications of king trends......Page 73
4.4 An example: tracing the policy implications of climate change......Page 77
4.5 Summary......Page 84
5.2 Test procedure......Page 86
5.3 Methodological issues......Page 95
5.4 Summary......Page 98
6.1 Introduction......Page 101
6.2 Developments in information and communications technology......Page 102
6.3 Developments in biotechnology......Page 112
6.4 Developments in military technology......Page 115
6.5 Conclusions......Page 121
7.2 The growth and diversification of production and consumption......Page 123
7.3 The shift to services......Page 133
7.4 The growth of women's employment......Page 138
7.5 Conclusions......Page 146
8.2 The king trends described......Page 148
8.3 Policy implications......Page 152
8.4 Test......Page 156
8.5 Conclusions......Page 160
9.2 The nature of these trends......Page 161
9.3 Policy implications......Page 166
9.4 Test......Page 176
9.5 Conclusions......Page 195
10.2 Sexual liberalization......Page 197
10.3 Secularization......Page 204
10.4 Conclusions......Page 208
11.2 Population ageing......Page 209
11.3 Rising levels of education......Page 216
11.4 Conclusions......Page 220
12.1 Introduction......Page 222
12.2 Results......Page 223
12.3 To what extent can these results be relied on?......Page 225
12.4 The future of public policy......Page 228
Appendix 1 Why Some King Trend Policy Implications Were Not Tested......Page 234
Appendix 2 Hypotheses Generated by More Than One King Trend......Page 245
Appendix 3 Policy Implications and Hypotheses for which Endogeneity Might Be an Issue......Page 248
References......Page 252
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