Bandelow NC, Herweg N, Hornung J, Zohlnhöfer R. Public Policy Research-Born in the USA, at Home in the World?
Polit Vierteljahresschr 2022;
63:165-179. [PMID:
35531265 PMCID:
PMC9058737 DOI:
10.1007/s11615-022-00396-5]
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Abstract
Public policy emerged as an academic subfield in the United States after the second World War. The theoretical foundations of the discipline are essentially based on analyses of Anglo-Saxon policies and politics and were originally aimed at providing knowledge for the policy process of pluralistic democracies. Given the increasing transfer of the subject and related approaches to other countries, it is necessary to clarify how suitable theories, goals, and methods of policy research are applied in other contexts. What needs to be considered when transferring theories of the policy process, and what can be learned from existing applications of the various approaches in different settings? The compilation of contributions on selected theoretical public policy lenses and their transfer to other countries and regions provides a nuanced answer to these questions.
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