Multiple Streams Approach and Punctuated Equilibrium Theory: Compared and Contrasted

Spano Dominick ()
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Spano Dominick: Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, Florida, 33431, USA

HOLISTICA – Journal of Business and Public Administration, 2023, vol. 14, issue 2, 137-147

Abstract: Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Approach (MSA) and Jones and Baumgartner’s Punctuated Equilibrium Theory (PET) are public policy frameworks that have existed for many years. Given their long-term popularity, it is important for readers to have a strong working knowledge on how said frameworks function, and be able to compare and contrast them. It has also been put forth that PET only serves as an updated version of MSA, but this paper argues that said assertion is inaccurate, as PET is a useful framework in its own right. By inspecting this paper, readers will learn about MSA, PET, how they are similar and different, how they can be operationalized or used in real life circumstances, how they have been tested, and it is ultimately concluded that PET is not just a reworking of MSA.

Keywords: Public Policy; Multiple Streams Approach; Punctuate Equilibrium Theory; Institutional Arrangements; Operationalized (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.2478/hjbpa-2023-0020

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