Introduction to Dossier: Lessons from Latin America on the rational choice, cognitive and institutional approaches to policy change
A review of the pertinent academic literature identifies three analytical focuses in studies of policy change. Rational choice- with its theories of incrementalism, multiple currents and punctuated equilibrium- privilege the decision-making process and the rational nature of the individual actor. Th...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | Ecuador |
| Recursos: | Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales |
| Repositorio: | Revista ICONOS |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/1518 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/1518 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Políticas públicas neoinstitucionalismo análise cognitivo eleição racional mudança. Public policies neo-institutionalism cognitive analysis rational choice change. análisis cognitivo elección racional cambio |
| Resumo: | A review of the pertinent academic literature identifies three analytical focuses in studies of policy change. Rational choice- with its theories of incrementalism, multiple currents and punctuated equilibrium- privilege the decision-making process and the rational nature of the individual actor. The cognitivists- with their framework of promoter coalitions, the theory of social/ global references and critical theory- emphasize the presentation of policy problems and the legitimating discourse behind the decision-making process. The neo-institutionalist- with their theories of the logic of the adequate, path dependence and the three-order process of policy change- emphasize the importance of formal and informal institutions in the development of public policies. |
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