Book Chapter

Punctuated Equilibrium

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Citation

Cairney P (2011) Punctuated Equilibrium. In: Cairney P (ed.) Understanding Public Policy: Theories and Issues. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 175-199. http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=360100

Abstract
This chapter examines: -The meaning of punctuated equilibrium, policy community and monopoly. - The literature on agenda setting. - The use of venue shopping to explain issue expansion, shifts of attention and policy change. - The applicability of punctuated equilibrium within US and  other political systems. - The value of this theory to the wider concerns of this book, such as: how do we identify power within a political system; and, why does policy change?

StatusPublished
Publication date31/10/2011
URLhttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/16029
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Publisher URLhttp://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=360100
Place of publicationBasingstoke
ISBN9780230229709

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Professor Paul Cairney

Professor Paul Cairney

Professor, Politics

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