Understanding Public Policy (in 1000 and 500 words)
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Using policy theories to interpret public health case studies: the example of a minimum unit price for alcohol
April 14, 2022 · 47 minBy James Nicholls and Paul Cairney, for the University of Stirling MPH and MPP programmes. There are strong links between the study of public health and public policy. For example, public health scholars often draw on policy theories to…
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Policy in 500 Words: policymaking environments and their consequences
January 13, 2021 · 12 minThe eight (and final) of a series of podcasts tying together multiple 500 Words posts. They’ll sound a bit different from the 1000 Words podcasts because I recorded them in front of our MPP students. This brief lecture is on the role of…
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Policy in 500 Words: bounded rationality and its consequences
January 13, 2021 · 19 minThe seventh of a series of podcasts tying together 500 Words posts. This lecture is on the distinction between comprehensive/ bounded rationality and how policy actors deal with bounded rationality. It is based on text in Chapter 13…
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Policy in 500 Words: evolutionary theory
January 13, 2021 · 51 minThe sixth of a series of podcasts tying together multiple 500 Words posts. They’ll sound a bit different from the 1000 Words podcasts because I recorded them in front of our MPP students. This lecture is on using ‘evolutionary theory‘ to…
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Policy in 500 Words: The Advocacy Coalition Framework
January 13, 2021 · 33 minThe fifth of a series of podcasts tying together multiple 500 Words posts. They’ll sound a bit different from the 1000 Wordspodcasts because I recorded them in front of our MPP students. This lecture is on Policy in 500 Words: The…
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Policy in 500 Words: rational choice, game theory, and the IAD
January 13, 2021 · 43 minThe fourth of a series of podcasts tying together multiple 500 Words posts. They’ll sound a bit different from the 1000 Words podcasts because I recorded them in front of our MPP students. This brief lecture is on the relationship between…
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Policy in 500 Words: bounded rationality (ambiguity, power and knowledge, narrative, and social construction)
January 13, 2021 · 33 minThe third of a series of podcasts tying together multiple 500 Words posts. They’ll sound a bit different from the 1000 Words podcasts because I recorded them in front of our MPP students. This brief lecture describes bounded rationality…
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Policy in 500 Words: multi-centric policymaking
January 13, 2021 · 22 minThe second of a series of podcasts tying together multiple 500 Words posts. They’ll sound a bit different from the 1000 Words podcasts because I recorded them in front of our MPP students (although, just to confuse you, this podcasts…
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Policy in 500 Words: defining and measuring policy change
January 13, 2021 · 41 minThe first of a series of podcasts tying together multiple 500 Words posts. They’ll sound a bit different from the 1000 Words podcasts because I recorded them in front of our MPP students. This brief lecture is on defining and measuring…
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Policy Concepts in 1000 words: Critical Policy Studies and the Narrative Policy Framework
January 12, 2021 · 12 minFrom Policy Concepts in 1000 words: Critical Policy Studies and the Narrative Policy Framework ‘Critical policy analysis’ (or studies’) is a broad term to describe a wide collection of texts, and it is difficult to come up with a…
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Policy Concepts in 1000 Words: The Psychology of Policymaking
January 12, 2021 · 10 minFrom Policy Concepts in 1000 Words: The Psychology of Policymaking Psychology is at the heart of policymaking, but the literature on psychology is not always at the heart of policy theory. Most theories identify ‘bounded rationality’…
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Policy Concepts in 1000 Words: Combining Theories
January 12, 2021 · 9 minFrom Policy Concepts in 1000 Words: Combining Theories The combination of multiple theories in policy studies is like a valence issue in politics: few would disagree with the idea, largely because the sentiment is rather vague. Who would…

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