The advocacy coalition framework in Japan: Contributions to policy process studies and the challenges involved

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomohiko Ohno ◽  
Naoko Hirayama ◽  
Keito Mineo ◽  
Kengo Iwata ◽  
Izumi Inasawa
Keyword(s):  
Policy Process ◽  
Advocacy Coalition Framework ◽  
Advocacy Coalition ◽  
Process Studies

The Advocacy Coalition Framework

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paúl Cisneros
Keyword(s):  
Policy Change ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
The United States ◽  
Advocacy Coalition Framework ◽  
Advocacy Coalitions ◽  
Forthcoming Article ◽  
Advocacy Coalition ◽  
Policy Subsystems ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

This is an advance summary of a forthcoming article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Please check back later for the full article. Paul Sabatier and Hank Jenkins Smith introduced the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) in the late 1980s, to refine the theoretical and methodological tools available for the study of the policy process. In the past two decades, the framework has grown in use outside the United States, and it is now applied to study a broad range of policy arenas in all continents. ACF scholars have created a core community that regularly synthetizes findings from applications of the framework, giving the ACF the form of a true research program. The ACF has three principal theoretical domains: advocacy coalitions, policy subsystems, and policy change. Expectations about the interactions between and within these domains are contained in 15 main hypotheses. The ACF posits that advocacy coalitions and policy subsystems are the most efficient way to organize actors interested in the policy process for empirical research. The policy subsystem is the main unit of analysis in the ACF, and there are four paths leading to policy change. The aspect that has received more attention in existing applications is the effect that external events have on policy change, and some areas in need of refinement include: policy-oriented learning, interactions across subsystems, the theoretical foundations to identification of belief systems, and how the interactions between beliefs and interests affect coalition behavior.

Evaluating the Advocacy Coalition Framework

1994 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hank C. Jenkins-Smith ◽  
Paul A. Sabatier
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Energy Policy ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Causal Theory ◽  
Advocacy Coalition Framework ◽  
Advocacy Coalition ◽  
Canadian Education

ABSTRACTThe Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) was developed to provide a causal theory of the policy process which would serve as one of several alternatives to the familiar stages heuristic, with its recognized limitations. This paper first summarizes the central features of the ACF, including a set of underlying assumptions and specific hypotheses. We next review the implications for the framework of six case studies by various authors dealing with Canadian education and with American transportation, telecommunications, water, environmental, and energy policy. While generally supportive of the ACF, the case studies also suggest several revisions.

scholarly journals Aprendizado e mudança em políticas públicas: explorando possibilidades no Modelo de Coalizões de Defesa

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 1672-1690
Author(s):  
Janaina Ma ◽  
Diego Mota Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Institutional Change ◽  
Policy Change ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Advocacy Coalition Framework ◽  
Policy Learning ◽  
Advocacy Coalition ◽  
Institutional Dynamics ◽  
Use Of Knowledge

Abstract This article aims to advance the discussion about the influence of knowledge and policy learning on policy change, taking the Advocacy Coalition Framework as reference. We propose unlinking the comprehension of learning through change in two perspectives. First, we suggest apprehending the relation between knowledge and policy learning, through the use of knowledge, assuming that different forms of learning are possible, depending on the context of decision-making. Then, relying on the contributions of the theory of gradual institutional change, we suggest using the notion of institutional dynamics, in order to capture the explanatory power of knowledge and policy learning both in stasis and change situations. We aim to contribute to diminish the skepticism presented in the literature about the influence of knowledge and policy learning in the policy process.

scholarly journals Banning shisha smoking in public places in Iran: an advocacy coalition framework perspective on policy process and change

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 835-846 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akram Khayatzadeh-Mahani ◽  
Eric Breton ◽  
Arne Ruckert ◽  
Ronald Labonté
Keyword(s):  
Policy Process ◽  
Advocacy Coalition Framework ◽  
Public Places ◽  
Advocacy Coalition

scholarly journals Foreign Policy Change from an Advocacy Coalition Framework Perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberta N Haar ◽  
Jonathan J Pierce
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Policy Change ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
International System ◽  
Change Agents ◽  
Advocacy Coalition Framework ◽  
Advocacy Coalition ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Foreign Policy Change

Abstract Why does a state change its foreign policy objectives and who is responsible for instigating such change? According to Hermann, four primary change agents are central to this process: leaders, bureaucracies, changes in domestic constituencies, and external shocks. This paper argues that the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) is a complementary policy process framework that can explain foreign policy change (FPC) and that accounts for all four of these primary change agents. Additionally, it is a broader framework of the policy process that facilitates a more comprehensive understanding of the factors influencing FPC than traditional FPC research. The ACF has the potential to broaden our understanding of FPC by emphasizing the intersection of the international system with domestic politics and focusing on a myriad of policy actors coordinating their advocacy efforts to influence FPC. To support this argument, the paper discusses how FPC can benefit from the ACF and reviews past applications. It proposes a research agenda using the ACF to study FPC and draws conclusions about future challenges and directions.

scholarly journals Policy learning and policy change: exploring possibilities on the Advocacy Coalition Framework

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 1672-1690
Author(s):  
Janaina Ma ◽  
Diego Mota Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Institutional Change ◽  
Policy Change ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Advocacy Coalition Framework ◽  
Policy Learning ◽  
Advocacy Coalition ◽  
Institutional Dynamics ◽  
Use Of Knowledge

Abstract This article aims to advance the discussion about the influence of knowledge and policy learning on policy change, taking the Advocacy Coalition Framework as reference. We propose unlinking the comprehension of learning through change in two perspectives. First, we suggest apprehending the relation between knowledge and policy learning, through the use of knowledge, assuming that different forms of learning are possible, depending on the context of decision-making. Then, relying on the contributions of the theory of gradual institutional change, we suggest using the notion of institutional dynamics, in order to capture the explanatory power of knowledge and policy learning both in stasis and change situations. We aim to contribute to diminish the skepticism presented in the literature about the influence of knowledge and policy learning in the policy process.

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