Multiple Streams Analysis (videocast slides)

Slides from PADMN 6320/POLS 5320 Public Policy Theory and Administration at the University of Utah's Programs of Public Affairs

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1. Multiple Streams Analysis SLIDES
2. PROBLEM RECOGNITION PROBLEM DEFINITION IDENTIFICATION OF POLICY OPTIONS POLICY SELECTION/ ADOPTION IMPLEMENTATION EVALUATION THE POLICY CYCLE
3. A GARBAGE CAN MODEL OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHOICE M.D. Cohen, J.G. March, & J.P. Olsen (1972) The garbage can process is one in which problems, solutions, and participants move from one choice opportunity to another in such a way that the nature of the choice, the time it takes, and the problems it solves all depend on a relatively complicated intermeshing of elements.
5. social problems are complex
6. Knowing things about the world is hard
7. human cognition is imperfect limited information capacity selective attention
8. policy makers operate under severe time constraints
9. Ambiguity Identifying the real cause and consequences of problems is difficult and the way we understand problems is shaped by focusing events, crises, & symbols, among other things.
10. The policy “primeval soup” “Much as molecules floated around in what biologists call the ‘primeval soup’ before life came into being, so ideas float around in [policy] communities.”
11. Politics The national mood, organized political forces, the composition of policy making bodies (e.g. legislatures)
12. Timing, policy entrepreneurs, & policy windows “Entrepreneurs do more than push…they also lie in wait – for a window to open.”
17. Agenda setting Problem Stream Indicators (e.g. statistics) Focusing events Feedback
18. Agenda setting Problem Stream Political Stream National mood Interest groups Politicians/policy makers
19. Agenda setting Problem Stream Political Stream Policy Stream Policy alternatives generated in policy communities
20. Agenda setting Problem Stream Political Stream Policy Stream Policy Window Changes in problem or policy streams circumstances
26. Agenda setting Problem Stream Policy Stream Policy Window Changes in problem or policy streams circumstances Policy Entrepreneur Advocate willing to invest the resources – time, energy, reputation, money – to promote a position in return for anticipated future gain Political Stream
31. Agenda setting Problem Stream Policy Stream Policy Window Changes in problem or policy streams circumstances Policy Entrepreneur “Coupling” to get problem or proposal on policy makers’ agenda Political Stream
32. Agenda setting Problem Stream Worked out policy option Policy Stream Policy adoption Problem Stream Political Stream Policy Window Policy formulation, legitimation, & adoption Policy Stream Political Stream
33. Policy change is more likely if… a policy window opens the streams are ready for coupling a policy entrepreneur promotes the policy change
34. Agenda setting Problem Stream Worked out policy option Policy Stream Policy adoption Problem Stream Political Stream Policy Window Policy formulation, legitimation, & adoption Policy Stream Political Stream
35. PUBLIC POLICY THEORY & APPLICATION P A D M N 6 3 2 0