Theories of the policy process : chronicling the past and looking to the future

RADAELLI, Claudio M.

doi:10.1002/epa2.70000

Theories of the policy process : chronicling the past and looking to the future

dc.contributor.author	RADAELLI, Claudio M.
dc.date.accessioned	2025-03-12T15:12:33Z
dc.date.available	2025-03-12T15:12:33Z
dc.date.issued	2025
dc.description	Published online: 09 March 2025	en
dc.description.abstract	This personal reflection starts with the theme of how Theories of the Policy Process or ToPP (Sabatier, 1999) was received by European researchers and why this volume was particularly important for scholars working on the policy process of the European Union. Yet (this is the second theme) policy process research in Europe was also stimulated by other theoretical frameworks. A third theme is the status of theory in Europe today, balancing the reception of ToPP with the presence of frameworks like the référentiel, Europeanization, and policy learning. Finally, the fourth theme is about the future. The successful cumulation of theory-inspired policy process research does not suggest the need for another set of new theories. Rather, the key is to integrate ToPP with theory-oriented research on the policy stages that are less explored by existing theories (such as implementation and evaluation theories), public administration theory, and the normative perspective on governance.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	This article was published Open Access with the support from the EUI Library through the CRUI - Wiley Transformative Agreement (2024-2027)	en
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dc.identifier.citation	European policy analysis, 2025, OnlineFirst	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1002/epa2.70000
dc.identifier.issn	2380-6567
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1814/78189
dc.language.iso	en	en
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dc.publisher	Wiley	en
dc.relation.ispartof	European policy analysis	en
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dc.rights.license	Attribution 4.0 International	*
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dc.subject	European integration
dc.subject	European union
dc.subject	Europeanization
dc.subject	Policy learning
dc.subject	Policy process theory
dc.title	Theories of the policy process : chronicling the past and looking to the future	en
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