Ambiguity and Policy Change: Institutions, Entrepreneurs and Multiple Streams

摘要：

　　Multiple streams theory is used widely in western public policy analysis as a tool, which lacks consideration of institutional factor has been an unquestioned fact. It is necessary to blend institutional factor into multiple streams framework. The aim of this paper is to explore a neglected aspect of the multiple streams approach (MSA): the impact of institutions in amending (or not) the frameworks logic and hypotheses. The article address this issue drawing on evidence from the Czech Republic, Germany, Norway, and the European Union (EU). After discussing the origins and elements of multiple streams, I lay out the challenges posed by including institutions in MSA and introduce some of the ways the scholars have attempted to overcome them. I argue the inclusion of institutions challenges and enriches but does not seriously amend the logic of MSA.

关键词： Multiple streams Institutions Ambiguity Garbage cans model

作者: OUYANG Wen-zhong YANG Zhi-jun

作者单位: School of Public Administration, Guizhou University, Guiyang, P.R.China, 550025

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2017 International Conference on Public Administration (12th) & International Symposium on West African Studies (1st)(2017公共管理国际会议(第十二届)暨西非研究论坛(第一届)

会议地点: 加纳

会议语种:英文

页码: 229-238

在线出版日期: 2017-11-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）