The Advocacy Coalition Framework after a Quarter of a Century. Explaining the Policy Process

• Authors: Tomasz Czapiewski

Title variants

PL

Podejście badawcze koalicji rzeczniczych po ćwierć wieku. Wyjaśnienie procesu polityki publicznej.

Abstracts

PL

Celem artykułu jest udzielenie odpowiedzi na kilka kluczowych wątpliwości dotyczących jednego z ważniejszych podejść badawczych w obrębie badań nad procesem politycznym – tzw. koalicji rzeczniczych Paula Sabatiera. W ramach artykułu zdefiniowano systemy przekonań jako podstawowy element w obrębie systemu politycznego, który jest jednocześnie spoiwem funkcjonowania koalicji rzeczniczych działających w poszczególnych podsystemach politycznych. Po drugie, wykazano, że istnieją ograniczenia dotyczące możliwości wystąpienia radykalnej politycznej zmiany – wykluczonej de facto w czasie trwania cyklu politycznego. Samo podejście badawcze ACF, które w deklaracjach autora zbliża się do statusu teorii, przeszło w ciągu ostatnich 25 lat kilka poważnych rewizji w odpowiedzi na prowadzone badania i pojawiające się nieścisłości.

EN

The purpose of this article is to answer some key questions about one of the most important frameworks in the research of the policy process – Advocacy Coalitions Framework created by Paul Sabatier. Within the article beliefs were defined as an essential element within the political system, which is responsible for the functioning of the advocacy coalitions operating in individual political subsystems. Secondly, as it had been shown in previous research, there are restrictions on significant policy changes, which usually do not occur over the political cycle of 10 – 15 years. Over the last 25 years, the ACF – framework that in the words of the author is close to the status of theory – passed a few serious revisions in response to concerns from other researchers

Keywords

EN

advocacy coalition framework; policy process; public policy; policy; change; political theory.

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Athenaeum. Polskie Studia Politologiczne
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 40
• Pages: 47-61

Dates

published

2013

Contributors

author

Tomasz Czapiewski

• Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Political and European Sciences, University of Szczecin.

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/athena.2013.40.04

Biblioteka Nauki

2154744