Delphic oracles: ambiguity, institutions, and multiple streams

Zahariadis, Nikolaos

doi:10.1007/s11077-016-9243-3

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“…For example, it was applied in the 1990s to US foreign policy making (Wood and Peake 1998); public enterprise privatization in Britain, France, and Germany (Zahariadis 1995;Zahariadis and Allen 1995); US efforts to combat illegal drug use (Sharp 1994); collaborative pollution control partnerships between business and environmental groups in the US and Europe (Lober 1997); and the wide-ranging dynamics of further policy reform and restructuring in Eastern Europe (Keeler 1993). Since then, over 300 cases have been examined using this framework Zahariadis 2016). …”

Section: Multiple-streams Framework: Basic Elementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role and Impact of the Multiple-Streams Approach in Comparative Policy Analysis

Béland¹,

Howlett

2016

Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice

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John Kingdon's multiple-streams framework has been widely used since the publication of his book Agendas, Alternatives and Public Policies in 1984. The popularity of this agendasetting framework in comparative policy analysis is especially interesting because the book focused exclusively on the United States. It is not clear, however, that a framework developed exclusively on the basis of the examination of a single, somewhat idiosyncratic national case should be able to generate insights useful in comparative research. This article discusses the nature of the multiplestreams framework and its impact on comparative policy analysis, before outlining its contribution to key debates in the field.

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Section: Multiple-streams Framework: Basic Elementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role and Impact of the Multiple-Streams Approach in Comparative Policy Analysis

Béland¹,

Howlett

2016

Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice

165

110

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“…However, he underlined that politicians often view the support or opposition of interest groups as an indication of consensus or dissent in the broader political arena. In the case of conflicting views, politicians' perception of the balance of support and opposition affects the issue's prominence or obscurity on the agenda (Zahariadis 1999(Zahariadis , p. 75, 2007.…”

Section: Politics Streammentioning

confidence: 99%

Interest groups in multiple streams: specifying their involvement in the framework

Rozbicka

Spohr

2015

Policy Sci

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Although interests inhabit a central place in the multiple streams framework (MSF), interest groups have played only a minor role in theoretical and empirical studies until now. In Kingdon's original conception, organized interests are a key variable in the politics stream. Revisiting Kingdon's concept with a particular focus on interest groups and their activities-in different streams and at various levels-in the policy process, we take this argument further. In particular, we argue that specifying groups' roles in other streams adds value to the explanatory power of the framework. To do this, we look at how interest groups affect problems, policies, and politics. The influence of interest groups within the streams is explained by linking the MSF with literature on interest intermediation. We show that depending on the number of conditions and their activity level, interest groups can be involved in all three streams. We illustrate this in case studies reviewing labor market policies in Germany and chemicals regulation at the European level.

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“…Both economists and political scientists are familiar with the purposeful use of a window of opportunity [12]. Here we find an incidental convergence of "multiple streams" providing a situational opportunity for decision makers [13]. However, this does not necessarily produce a stable result.…”

Section: Economic and Political Mechanisms Of Accelerated Diffusionmentioning

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Horizontal and Vertical Reinforcement in Global Climate Governance

Jänicke

2015

Energies

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This paper is dealing with mechanisms that can accelerate the global diffusion of climate-friendly technologies. The accelerated diffusion of low-carbon technology innovation can possibly be achieved by interactive processes such as: (1) mutually reinforcing cycles of policy-induced domestic market growth, innovation, and policy feedback; (2) lead markets and political lesson-drawing, the reinforced international adoption of innovations from pioneer countries; and (3) interaction between the vertical and horizontal dynamics in multi-level systems of governance. The three mechanisms are not exclusive. They can overlap and reinforce each other. After a theoretical introduction they will be described. The empirical focus is on the European system of multi-level climate governance. The paper draws some final conclusions for policy makers.

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Delphic oracles: ambiguity, institutions, and multiple streams

Cited by 68 publications

References 25 publications

The Role and Impact of the Multiple-Streams Approach in Comparative Policy Analysis

The Role and Impact of the Multiple-Streams Approach in Comparative Policy Analysis

Interest groups in multiple streams: specifying their involvement in the framework

Horizontal and Vertical Reinforcement in Global Climate Governance

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