Punctuated Equilibrium Theory: Explaining Stability and Change in Public Policymaking

By Frank R. Baumgartner, Bryan D. Jones, P. Mortensen. 2006

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Subfields: Political Science and International Relations, Public Administration

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Climate change and the slow reorientation of the American car industry (1979–2012): An application and extension of the Dialectic Issue LifeCycle (DILC) model (2015, background): “In phase 4, escalating public attention propels the problem into the macro-political arena (True et al., 1999), where politicians may introduce radical legislations that substantially change the economic frame conditions (e.”
Tipping elements and climate–economic shocks: Pathways toward integrated assessment (2016, background): “In environmental policy, the theory of ‘punctuated equilibrium’ explains intervals of long-term policy stasis and incrementalism, interrupted by abrupt changes to a new policy state [Baumgartner et al., 2014].”
Understanding policy stability and change. the interplay of advocacy coalitions and epistemic communities, windows of opportunity, and Dutch coastal flooding policy 1945–20031 (2005, methodology): “(Adler and Haas 1992; Haas 1992, 2001, 2004), the multiple streams framework (MSF) (Kingdon 1995; Zahariadis 1999) and the punctuated equilibrium framework (PEF) (True et al. 1999).”
Explaining differences in flood management approaches in Europe and in the USA – a comparative analysis (2017, background): “In such a situation, these changes will be incremental (Meijerink and Huitema, 2009), because they need to fit within the ‘policy image’ of the dominant advocacy coalition and must not challenge the core beliefs (Sabatier, 1998) of the institutionalised policy monopoly (True et al., 2007).”
Understanding the historical turn in the policy sciences: A critique of stochastic, narrative, path dependency and process-sequencing models of policy-making over time (2006, background): “…sciences Probably the best developed empirical evidence supporting a particular model of historical sequencing in the policy sciences is that supporting the ‘punctuated equilibrium’ form of the general process sequencing model of policy change (Baumgartner and Jones, 2002; True et al., 1999).”
Harnessing theories of the policy process for analysing the politics of sustainability transitions: A critical survey (2017, background): “The PET approach created important insights about the processes through which new actors can ‘break into’ policy fields dominated by incumbent interests and how incumbents seek to maintain their control (Baumgartner et al. 2014).”