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Trans-Subsystem Dynamics: Policy Topography, Mass Opinion, and Policy Change.

We argue that the treatment of trans-subsystem change, and particularly the role of public opinion in fostering such change, within the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) has been underspecified. We propose a model of “policy topography” that combines the concepts of public opinion, clusters of link...

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Published in:Policy Studies Journal Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 37 - 59
Main Authors: Jones, Michael D., Jenkins-Smith, Hank C.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell February 2009
Subjects:
Public opinion
Government policy
United States politics & government
Decision making
United States
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