Informal social groups and policy programs: A Programmatic Action Framework (PAF) on policymaking

Programmatic action in Chinese health policy—The making and design of “Healthy China 2030”

“…To further enable comparative analysis, we selected a policy program that is equally broad as the aforementioned PAF studies. Consistent with Bandelow and Hornung (2021) we identified a program consisting of a "set of instruments aimed at achieving a public purpose at the sectoral level." Such programs are not uncommon in China.…”

“…The basic assumption of the PAF is that so-called programmatic groups form on the basis of shared biographies such as joint academic training or similar career steps such as positions in the same administrative agency. This joint formative process leads to shared problem definitions and policy preferences, which consequently lead the programmatic actors to develop and engage in the joint formation of policy programs in a specific policy area (Bandelow & Hornung, 2021). Contrary to singular policies, a policy program is a coherent set of policy instruments in a specific policy area.…”

Introduction—Stories of the old world: The Narrative Policy Framework in the European context

“…本期特刊的目标与《欧洲政策分析》 (EPA) 相契合, 后者致力呈现欧洲的政策分析视角, 并在欧洲情境下检验主流方法。以往EPA收录的文章或主题期刊因此聚焦于例如倡导联盟框架 (Nohrstedt & Olofsson, 2016)、多源流框架 (Deruelle, 2016; Leeuw et al., 2016; Sager & Thomann, 2017; Zohlnhöfer et al., 2015)、或计划行动框架 (Bandelow & Hornung, 2021)等。NPF现加入这一行列。…”

“…The goal of this special issue fits well with European Policy Analysis (EPA), which aims to present the European perspective on policy analysis and to test mainstream approaches in the European context. Previous EPA contributions or themed issues thus focused for instance on the Advocacy Coalition Framework (Nohrstedt & Olofsson, 2016), the Multiple Streams Framework (Deruelle, 2016; Leeuw et al., 2016; Sager & Thomann, 2017; Zohlnhöfer et al., 2015), or the Programmatic Action Framework (Bandelow & Hornung, 2021). The NPF is now the next to follow in this tradition.…”

Learning, policy instruments and networks in EU policy‐making—Trends in European policy analysis

“…

Following the first issue of this year, the special issue on the Programmatic Action Framework (PAF) (Bandelow & Hornung, 2021), the EPA editorial team proudly presents the open spring issue. Those who regularly follow the updates of our journal probably noticed already the change in the production schedule.

…”