Table 1.
Theories of the policy process identified
| Name of theory of the policy process | Alternative names identified in search |
|---|---|
| Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) | Advocacy Coalition Theory Sabatier |
| Multiple Streams Theory (MST) | Multiple Streams Framework Multiple Streams Analysis Three Streams Model Three Streams Framework Kingdon’s Theory |
| Punctuated Equilibrium Theory (PET) | Baumgartner and Jones' |
| Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) | Ostrum |
| Institutional theory | Institutionalism Theory |
| Garbage Can Model | |
| Bacchi’s theory | What’s the problem represented to be? Bacchi’s approach |
| Agenda setting theory | |
| Incrementalism | |
| Rational Choice Theory (RCT) | Rational Choice |
| Actor Network Theory (ANT) | |
| Policy Network Theory (PNT) | |
| Theory of Collaborative Policy Networks | |
| Marxism | |
| Neo-liberalism | |
| Diffusion of Innovations (DOI) | |
| Narrative policy framework (NPF) | |
| Policy Feedback Theory (PFT) | |
| Social Construction Framework (SCF) | Social Construction Theory |