Joined-Up Government and Cabinet Government

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Foster
Keyword(s):  
Policy Development ◽  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Policy Formation ◽  
Public Representation ◽  
New Institutions

This chapter discusses the diverging and converging points of the joined-up and the cabinet government. The chapter provides a background on the changes that have been ensued since the introduction of the joined-up government. In the first few sections of the chapter, the focus is on the importance of joined-up government, the failures that have graced joined-up government, the new institutions that have been created, and the improvements and innovations needed for the machinery of joined-up government. Particular focus is given on the five stages of policy development which are crucial in pinpointing the problems as well as the aspects needed for the joining-up horizontally. These five stages include: policy formation; public representation and a managerial explanation; good legislation; delivery; and major institutional or organizational innovation.

scholarly journals Constructing the problem of initial teacher education in Aotearoa New Zealand: policy formation and risk, 2010-2018

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Alexandra C. Gunn ◽  
Helen Trevethan
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
Policy Formation ◽  
Initial Teacher Education ◽  
Relevant Evidence ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Policy Decision Making ◽  
Policy Solutions

This paper reports findings from an interpretive policy and discourse analysis of documents informing contemporary initial teacher education (ITE) policy development in Aotearoa New Zealand. The study first asks: what is the problem of teacher education as constituted in policy and associated documents in the period 2010-2018? We then compare the problems, suggested solutions, and recent evidence about the work of teacher education in New Zealand, to discuss the policy discourse, and theorise about the potential utility of solutions to address the problems raised. Our comparative analysis of the problems of ITE and proposed policy solutions with research evidence of teacher education work underscores the imperative of engagement with local and relevant evidence-based knowledge as a basis for informed policy decision making.  

Arctic Policy in the European Union

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Njord Wegge ◽  
Cristina-Elena Merticaru
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Policy Formation ◽  
System Level ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Union Policy ◽  
Arctic Council ◽  
Arctic Policy ◽  
The Eu

The EU’s Arctic policy process represents and exemplifies a process of foreign-policy formation where forces from the Union’s internal dimension, involving tensions between member-state and community-level interests, have interplayed with influences from external actors and impacts from the system level in global politics. Going back to challenges with its relationship to Greenland, following the Kingdom of Denmark joining the EU in 1973, the Union’s Arctic relations have often been complex and challenging. The difficulties have ranged from the need to acquire better knowledge of the geographic and cultural properties of the Arctic, understanding the role of indigenous lifestyles and cultures; to comprehending the dynamics within and the roles of key regimes in the region, such as United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the Arctic Council. After a decade of gradual policy development, it appears that the EU, with the European Parliament’s resolution of March 16, 2017, on an “Integrated European Union Policy for the Arctic,” has achieved striking a more appropriate balance between the role as passive observer and as proactive actor in the High North.

scholarly journals Theorizing policy-industry processes: A media policy field approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kari Steen-Johnsen ◽  
Vilde Schanke Sundet ◽  
Bernard Enjolras
Keyword(s):  
Policy Development ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Policy Formation ◽  
Media Policy ◽  
Multiple Streams ◽  
Strategic Action ◽  
Field Approach ◽  
Policy Field ◽  
Policy Windows ◽  
The Media

This article develops a theoretical perspective to study the conditions for media policy formation under the condition of digitalization – the Media Policy Field approach – building on an organizational field approach in combination with theories of policy development. The theory of strategic action fields offers a meso-level view of how actors in media fields interact and how their respective opportunities for influencing policy are structured by the state of the field and their respective positions. This theory is linked with the Multiple Streams Approach, which maintains that change occurs when policy entrepreneurs connect problem, policy and politics streams, and create policy windows. The Media Policy Field approach proposes three analytical foci for the study of current media policy processes: collective frames, incumbent and challenger roles and policy windows. Empirical strategies for pursuing this theoretical programme are discussed.

scholarly journals Internal democracy in populist right parties: the process of party policy development in the Alternative for Germany

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Valeriya Kamenova
Keyword(s):  
Policy Development ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Policy Formation ◽  
Organizational Dynamics ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Radical Right Parties ◽  
Left And Right ◽  
Party Members ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Alternative For Germany

Abstract For the past decade, populist left- and right-wing parties have been on the rise in Europe. Yet, there are only a few studies on the internal organizational dynamics of these parties. Drawing on a new and unique data from fieldwork observations and interviews with party members from the Alternative for Germany (AfD), this article examines the internal democratic mechanisms in policy formation. The AfD displays a high degree of internal participation – an important but contrasting addition to the comparative research on radical right parties, which fail to sustain a democratic internal organization and consistently adopt mechanisms to centralize power in the leadership. The findings from this field research suggest that populist parties may actually engage in meaningful intra-party democracy and internal deliberative practices to invigorate the connections between citizens and their party representatives.

scholarly journals Historical Retrospective of the Formation of European Regional Development Policy

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 23-32
Author(s):  
Serhii KORNIEVSKYI
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Policy Formation ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Regional Development Policy ◽  
Policy Transformation ◽  
European Regional

The article notes that in EU countries, regional development, especially policies and regulations of regional development, has been constantly evolving and adapting to meet the needs of structural changes in countries, EU policies and the requirements of the regions themselves. However, the experience of forming and implementing regional policy in different countries had some differences. There is a significant amount of work devoted to the study of this experience, highlighting certain historical periods of its formation. Nevertheless, in the vast majority of scientific research the periodization is based on either economic factors (policy transformation associated with changing goals, economic and financial mechanisms of its implementation), or political and legal factors (transformation of principles, ideologies of regional policy, creating a legal basis for it implementation). There is a need to generalize these approaches to provide stages in the evolution of regional development policy in European countries. The aim of the article is to study the historical stages of the formation of regional development policy in European countries, to propose a generalized periodization of the evolution of policy. Having analyzed the economic, legal and institutional principles of formation and development of European regional development policy, the author provides the main stages of policy development. It is noted that the expansion of competencies of institutional structures formed the basis for the formation and development of a common EU regional policy, there are seven stages in the evolution of EU regional policy instruments, the institutional form of which later became the EU Framework Programs. The periodization of regional policy formation on the basis of the adoption of basic EU regulations is proposed. Based on the generalization of these approaches, the evolution of EU regional policy is given. The conclusion on actualization of necessity of use of experience of formation and realization of regional policy of EU in domestic practice is made.

Uncertainty, Isomorphism, and the Birth of a New Industry

2011 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 458-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Walters
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Consumer Protection ◽  
Assisted Living ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Formation ◽  
Institutional Dynamics ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Senior Population

The regulation of assisted living in the United States calls out for the attention of policy researchers, particularly in light of projected demographic changes reflecting dramatic increases in the nation’s senior population, the industry’s continued strong presence, and persistent concerns over related quality and consumer protection issues. Despite these factors, few comprehensive studies have been done on the development of regulatory policy for this relatively young industry that is a vibrant part of the health care services area in the United States. To address this issue, this article provides a systematic accounting and investigation of the regulatory environment and related policy development surrounding assisted living across the United States during a decade of formidable growth in the industry. Drawing on theories of institutional dynamics and policy formation, the findings reveal that, in terms of adopting regulatory schemes addressing key issues of quality and consumer protection, states do not always follow patterns that would be predicted under current models. Unanticipated patterns illustrating resistance to or movement away from isomorphism appear linked with a number of organizational pressure mechanisms that have evolved to limit the actual extent of this homogeneity. The findings lead to assertions that some mechanisms typically posited as contributing to isomorphism may actually work against this process under certain conditions, a result not currently evident in the literature.

scholarly journals Connecting Policy, Research and Practice: What does it mean in practice?

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meenakshi Sankar ◽  
Roberta Hill
Keyword(s):  
Policy Development ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Policy Formation ◽  
Evaluation Methodology ◽  
Distributed Teams ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Work Education ◽  
Web Research

In this paper we discuss a case study-based methodology for evaluation and policy development within the Department of Labour (DoL), which was jointly developed with the Centre for Research on Work, Education and Business (WEB Research) between 1997-2002. We illustrate the particular role of research in bridging policy and practice, and discuss our experiences in developing and using this methodology to understand the systemic linkages between regulation, firm behaviour and policy.By using a developmental research approach (Engestrom, 1996), distributed teams and the eo-construction of research tools, the case study-based research and evaluation methodology has generated expansive learning cycles (ibid.) for government agencies, researchers and stakeholders. Examples are drawn from the work undertaken by the Department of Labour and WEB Research, in particular evaluating Accident Insurance and Employment Regulation The paper examines some of the methodological issues and challenges involved in such an approach; as well as the implications for processes of policy formation, and for contract and project management.

scholarly journals Research and evidence in education decision-making: A comparison of results from two pan-Canadian studies

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald Galway ◽  
Bruce Sheppard
Keyword(s):  
Education Policy ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Professional Staff ◽  
Policy Formation ◽  
Professional Beliefs ◽  
External Data ◽  
Canadian Studies ◽  
Education Decision ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Development Paradigm

In this paper we compare the use of research and other evidence in the policy formation practices of two groups of education policy elites, situated in different contexts – provincial education ministries and school districts. Data are derived from two pan-Canadian studies: Galway (2006) and Sheppard, Galway, Brown & Wiens (2013). The findings show that policy decisions at the ministry level are informed primarily by political and pragmatic factors, personal and professional beliefs and staff advice. The role of external research is shown to be relatively marginal and confined to quantitative studies and performance assessments. Decision makers at the school district level are less attendant to political and pragmatic influences relying more on personal beliefs, values and experiential factors supplemented by the advice of professional staff and in-house research/indicators.  Results from both studies demonstrate limited reliance on external data and university-based research – the latter ranking 15th of 20 influencing factors. Consistent with Beck’s (1994; 1997) risk theory, we theorize that education policy making in both contexts is influenced by both macro- and micro-level factors, where choice of policy evidence is mediated by personal considerations and political risk factors. This suggests a weak policy development paradigm that is, to a large extent, resistant to independent research-informed evidence.

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