Policy Change through Social Elements of Policy Design: Florida Growth Policies

Efraim Ben-Zadok

Planning Practice & Research, 2021, vol. 36, issue 3, 268-291

Abstract: This study analyzed policy change in legislation through three social elements of policy design: policy problem, policy goal, and intervention strategy. It covered five successive policies of Florida Growth Management Act (1970-2010). The study also examined social construction of policy change and sources influencing change. Florida’s record of social policy learning and change was positive. Drastic 1980s changes included a centralized state-regional-local planning-implementation system and local economic development. Florida’s policies emphasized statewide control of population growth (1970s-1980s), and sprawl and urban decline areas (1990s-2000s). Florida’s problematic experience of instrumental policy learning and change included discretionary implementation tools and processes

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2020.1852674

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