Actor Models for Policy Analysis

Leon M. Hermans and Scott W. Cunningham
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Leon M. Hermans: Delft University of Technology
Scott W. Cunningham: Delft University of Technology

Chapter Chapter 8 in Public Policy Analysis, 2013, pp 185-213 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Systems analysis and systems theory have proven a fruitful basis on which to develop the discipline of policy analysis. However, since the inception of policy analysis in the second half of the twentieth century, the world has changed, new insights have emerged, and thus new challenges have arisen for policy analysts. One of the most prominent changes in this regard is posed by the increasing awareness of the importance of actors, actor networks, and actor systems. This calls not only for different, more actor oriented, styles of policy analysis, but it also calls for models and methods that support the analysis and understanding of multi-actor systems and processes, making them more amenable to the contributions of policy analysts. These models are the subject of this chapter.

Keywords: Actor Model; Policy Analysis; Policy Actor; British Columbia; North American Free Trade Agreement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4602-6_8

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