Policy in 500 Words: evolutionary theory

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Understanding Public Policy (in 1000 and 500 words)

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The sixth of a series of podcasts tying together multiple 500 Words posts. They’ll sound a bit different from the  1000 Words podcasts because I recorded them in front of our MPP students. This lecture is on using ‘evolutionary theory‘ to connect Multiple Streams Analysis, Punctuated Equilibrium Theory, and Complexity Theory Relevant posts: Policy Concepts in 1000 Words: Evolution (see also cairney-2013-policy-politics-evolution.pdf (wordpress.com)   ) Policy in 500 Words: Multiple Streams Analysis and Policy Entrepreneurs Policy Concepts in 1000 Words: Multiple Streams Analysis  What is a policy entrepreneur?  Three habits of successful policy entrepreneurs – a blog post and paper on how entrepreneurs deal with ‘organized anarchy’ Whatever happened to multiple streams analysis? – introduces an article by Michael Jones and me on MSA studies Paul Cairney and Michael Jones (2016) ‘Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Approach’ Policy Studies Journal, 44, 1, 37-58 PDF (Annex to Cairney Jones 2016) (special issue of PSJ) Paul Cairney and Nikos Zahariadis (2016) ‘Multiple streams analysis’ in Zahariadis, N. (eds) Handbook of Public Policy Agenda-Setting (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar) PDF Policy in 500 Words: Punctuated Equilibrium Theory Policy Concepts in 1000 Words: Punctuated Equilibrium Theory Policy Concepts in 1000 Words: Complex Systems Complex systems and systems thinking