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Integrating Theory and Practice in Public Policy - Coggle Diagram
Integrating Theory and Practice in Public Policy
not to take action is an action E.g. non-decision
Two strings of Theories
The origin of policy
Group Theory
Social Group Conflict create public policy
Elite Theory
Elites dominate policy making
System Theory
demands from internal and external environment
Institutional Theory
legitimate
university nature
legal authority
Neo-institutionalism
Institution changes: different gap in government shape public policy
Not just structure but people
Decision Making
Rational-Comprehensive
Calculation of gain and loss of society. However, it is not understood as a reality.
Incremental Theory
decisions are not made all at once and committed to at the onset but progress in a step-by-step fashion
Public Choice Theory
Rational Choice: seek satisfaction with the least cost > unrealitics
Game Theory
How gap struggle with each other
Multiple Streams Approach
Problems, policy, and politics shape public policy change
Advocacy Coalition Framework
NGOs change public policy
Punctuated Equilibrium Theory
long term small change or short burst big change
Theories are useful but why?
Good theory is able to predict future
Explain: Understand Causality
Practice is to test the correctness of theories
Integration
Requirement
accounting and transparency
Practical Points
Policy analysis simulation
Pilot programs and experiments
Case Study
Policy ideation
Empirical
Interdiscipnary Research
How to understand the unintended consequences of public policy?
Policy analysis simulation