Strategies of Policy Advocacy Organizations and Their Theoretical Affinities: Evidence from Q‐Methodology

Gen, Sheldon; Wright, Amy Conley

doi:10.1111/psj.12167

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“…Inside strategies are often used by business or private interest groups, and outside strategies are often used by public interest groups (Betzold, 2013; Binderkrantz, 2008; Kollman, 1998). A recent study showed that nonprofit organizations will use both inside and outside strategies to advocate for policy change (Gen & Wright, 2018).…”

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China’s Policy Processes and the Advocacy Coalition Framework

Wei¹,

Weible²

2019

Policy Studies Journal

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This review of 81 applications of the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) in China between 2006 and 2017 finds that the ACF's hypotheses about the existence and stability of competing advocacy coalitions in policy subsystems, the occurrence of change across its three‐tiered belief system, and the credence of its four pathways to policy change, which have been developed and mostly tested in Western democratic contexts, can be confirmed in China's authoritarian political system and transitional context. This review also finds some unexpected results, which have implications for studying China's policy processes and for future applications of the ACF. Adopting common vocabulary and theoretical foci, ACF applications have captured some of the complexity and evolving features of policy processes in China. Applications of the ACF to China have also enriched the discussions about how authoritarian governments, through interacting with other policy actors, adapt to external changes in transitional context.

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China’s Policy Processes and the Advocacy Coalition Framework

Wei¹,

Weible²

2019

Policy Studies Journal

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“…There are a variety of policy theories that can be drawn from; however, we highlight a few to illustrate how they may be used to further advance this area of research. Ultimately, linking policy theories with an organization’s advocacy tactics can uncover how they view policy process and change (Gen & Wright, 2018), and the differences and similarities that may exist across nursing organizations.…”

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Charting a Research Agenda for the Advancement of Nursing Organizations’ Influence on Health Systems and Policy

2020

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Nursing organizations across Canada play a significant role in influencing and shaping public policy. 2020, the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, is an opportune time not only to support nurses in building policy leadership but also to explore opportunities to better understand and strengthen the policy advocacy work of nursing organizations. Given various social, political, and economic forces, the nature of organized nursing across Canada is changing significantly. We draw on recent key national and global events including our systematic inquiry into the Canada’s 2019 federal election, the Year of the Nurse and Midwife, and the Coronavirus pandemic to examine how Canadian nursing organizations respond in highly complex and evolving contexts. We use our observations to offer a vision and chart a research agenda for the advancement of nursing organizations’ influence on health systems and policy. Specifically, we focus on three key areas including examining nursing organizations’ policy agendas and spheres of influence; nursing organizations’ decision-making around policy advocacy tactics and engagement approaches; and the impact of policy advocacy coalitions and networks on nursing organizations’ influence.

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“…Research on the 'practice' of civil society engagement takes the form of individual case studies (Adriance, 1994;Barton, 2004;Biruk & Trapence, 2018;Caruso, 2016;Franklin, 2014;Paphitis, 2018;Robins, 2010), case study collections (Barlow & Clarke, 2001;Brecher et al, 2002;Choudry, 2013;Franklin, 2014;Suzuki & Lee, 2015;Warkentin, 2001), theoretical monographs (Buechler, 2000;Laverack, 2013), and edited collections (Maloney & Deth, 2010). There have been a few reports focusing on specific elements of practice (Gen & Wright, 2016;Zoller, 2005) or on movements addressing particular issues (Pianta, 2014) or populations (Smith, 1995).…”

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Methodological challenges in researching activism in action: civil society engagement towards health for all

Bodini

Baum

Labonté

et al. 2019

Critical Public Health

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Civil society engagement around health care and population health improvement is an important driver towards Health for All. Research can improve the effectiveness of health activism by examining the resources, structures and strategies of civil society engagement. However, research to support such engagement faces epistemological and methodological challenges which call for specific research strategies. A four year multi-country study was undertaken by the People's Health Movement, a global network working for health for all. The research took place in six countries (Brazil, Colombia, DR Congo, India, Italy, South Africa) and globally, and was directed to understanding five domains of civil society engagement: movement building; campaigning and advocacy; capacity building; knowledge generation, access and use; and engaging with governance. The research plan and methods of data collection and analysis were tailored to address the objective of improving activist practice, while negotiating research challenges identified during the design phase. Results include insights into the practice of civil society engagement in relation to the five domains of activist practice, as well as experience gained in managing six methodological challenges which we describe as: making meaning, aligning research and action, managing power relations, valuing experiential knowledges, chaos and contingency, challenging preconceptions. Researching activism can produce useful insights into practice as well as support continuous improvement in the effectiveness of such activism. However, there are significant methodological challenges that can be addressed through appropriate strategies. More research, building on the approach described in this paper, can contribute to more effective civil society activism for health.

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Strategies of Policy Advocacy Organizations and Their Theoretical Affinities: Evidence from Q‐Methodology

Cited by 23 publications

References 37 publications

China’s Policy Processes and the Advocacy Coalition Framework

China’s Policy Processes and the Advocacy Coalition Framework

Charting a Research Agenda for the Advancement of Nursing Organizations’ Influence on Health Systems and Policy

Methodological challenges in researching activism in action: civil society engagement towards health for all

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