Understanding policy changes : the mixture model of politics / Jens Ledet Jensen, Peter B. Mortensen and Søren Serritzlew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jensen, J. L. (Jens Ledet), author.

Mortensen, Peter Bjerre, author.

Serritzlew, Søren, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Policy sciences.

Political planning--Mathematical models.

Political planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2026]

Summary:

Policy change is important, and a very large number of actors and events contribute to a given policy change. The list of contributions includes government change, public opinion, public debate, lobbying, expert advice, events, and media coverage. Many of these contributing factors are interdependent, their effect on policy is variable, and their contributions are often difficult to observe. This resembles the features of a complex system, and it calls for an approach to the study of policy change that takes this complexity seriously. The authors offer a new theoretical and methodological approach to the study of policy changes, drawing inspiration from research on physical systems such as earthquakes and waves, and using mathematics to improve the precision of the theoretical arguments and the empirical applications.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource.

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780197900413

9780197900390

OCLC:

1596274331