Policy change - review of classification, measurement and factors

Šinko, Milan (author)

Judging by bibliometric indicators there is an increasing interest in the topic of policy change and its explanation among policy analysts. However, there is no theoretical consensus on how to define the concept of policy change, or which theoretical models best explain its occurrences. On one hand, there is a variety of conceptualisations of policy change, and on the other, a variety of approaches, theories and modes that seek to elucidate the process of change. Based on literature review, the paper compiles a repository of contemporary theories and classifications in the area of policy change, taking into account elements such as the degree of innovation, the dynamic and depth of change and similar. The second part offers a review of policy change models, taking Giessen's classification of nine policy change factors as its general framework. The paper concludes with a discussion on the fast developing field of policy change analysis, which requires careful consideration when selecting a specific approach to analyse the policy change aspects of the policy process.

• Language: English
• Work type: Not categorized
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Year: 2016
• Number of pages: Str. 228-247, 264-265
• Numbering: Letn. 53, št. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-85450
• UDC: 351
• ISSN on article: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 33900893
• Publication date in RUL: 20.09.2016

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Teorija in praksa : revija za družbena vprašanja
• Shortened title: Teor. praksa
• Publisher: Fakulteta za družbene vede
• ISSN: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 763652

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian

Abstract

Sodeč po bibliometričnih podatkih obstaja med analitiki naraščajoče zanimanja za tematiko javnopolitičnih sprememb in analizo njihovega nastanka. Ob tem pa ni teoretičnega soglasja niti o tem, kako sploh definirati pojem javnopolitične spremembe, niti o tem, kateri teoretični pristopi ponujajo najbolj učinkovito razlago nastanka tovrstnih sprememb. Na eni strani imamo velik razpon konceptualizacij samega pojma javnopolitične spremembe, na drugi pa celo vrsto pristopov, teorij in modelov, ki skušajo pojasniti proces nastanka teh sprememb. Prispevek na podlagi analize relevantne literature najprej poda sistematičen pregled aktualnih teoretizacij in klasifikacij koncepta javnopolitične spremembe, ob upoštevanju elementov, kot so stopnja inovativnosti sprememb, dinamika sprememb, globina sprememb in drugih. V nadaljevanju poda še pregled modelov javnopolitičnih sprememb, pri čemer uporabi Giessenovo klasifikacijo devetih ključnih dejavnikov javnopolitičnih sprememb. Članek sklene razprava o hitrem razvoju raziskovanja na področju javnopolitičnih sprememb, iz česar sledi potreba po tehtni presoji, ko gre za uporabo posameznih pristopov za proučevanje konkretnih javnopolitičnih procesov v povezavi z javnopolitično spremembo.

• Keywords: politične spremembe, nastanek, analiza