This chapter provides an overview of one framework that can help answer the questions: the
Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF). It begins with a summary of the intellectual …

The Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) is a widely-applied theoretical framework to
explain the dynamics of the policy process and major policy change. This chapter provides …

The Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) remains one of the most established and applied
approaches to studying policy processes. This chapter provides an overview of the ACF …

The study of public policy deals with subsystems in which actors cooperate or compete to
turn their beliefs into policy solutions. Yet, most studies concern mature subsystems in which …

Policy actors involved in decision-making processes interact and gradually accumulate
evidence about policy problems and solutions. As a result, they update their policy beliefs …

Politicians regularly bargain with colleagues and other actors. Bargaining dynamics are
central to theories of legislative politics and representative democracy, bearing directly on …

Many theories and approaches to policy studies have recently begun to question and
research how emotions interact with peoples' understanding and behaviors, especially in …

We know relatively little about the conditions that encourage people to jump into the political
fray as policy entrepreneurs, advocates who devote substantial time, energy, and resources …

This research examines the role of the devil shift and angel shift in interest group rhetoric
using the case of gun policy. The Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) suggests that the devil …

Why people collaborate to achieve their political objectives is one enduring question in
public policy. Although studies have explored this question in low-intensity policy conflicts, a …