Search Results - "Howlett, Michael"

Why are policy innovations rare and so often negative? Blame avoidance and problem denial in climate change policy-making by Howlett, Michael

“…•Review of literature on blame-avoidance in public policy making.•Application of blame avoidance concept to explain propensity to innovate and in what…”
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Moving policy implementation theory forward: A multiple streams/critical juncture approach by Howlett, Michael

“…Meta-reviews of the implementation literature have constantly bemoaned a lack of theory in this area. This is partially a function of the policy sciences…”
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Policy analytical capacity and evidence-based policy-making: Lessons from Canada by Howlett, Michael

“…: Evidence‐based policy‐making represents a contemporary effort to reform or re‐structure policy processes in order to prioritize evidentiary or data‐based…”
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The Knowns and Unknowns of Policy Instrument Analysis: Policy Tools and the Current Research Agenda on Policy Mixes by Capano, Giliberto, Howlett, Michael

“…Policies are made and pursue their goals through policy instruments. Furthermore, policy instruments have become a relevant topic in many policy fields due to…”
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Policy mixes for sustainability transitions: New approaches and insights through bridging innovation and policy studies by Kern, Florian, Rogge, Karoline S., Howlett, Michael

“…There has been an increasing interest in science, technology and innovation policy studies in the topic of policy mixes. While earlier studies conceptualised…”
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Patching vs Packaging in Policy Formulation: Assessing Policy Portfolio Design by Howlett, Michael, Rayner, Jeremy

“…Thinking about policy mixes is at the forefront of current research work in the policy sciences and raises many significant questions with respect to policy…”
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Streams and stages: Reconciling Kingdon and policy process theory by Howlett, Michael, McConnell, Allan, Perl, Anthony

“…Use of metaphors is a staple feature of how we understand policy processes – none more so than the use of ‘policy stages’/'cycles’ and ‘multiple streams’. Yet…”
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An autonomously oscillating supramolecular self-replicator by Howlett, Michael G., Engwerda, Anthonius H. J., Scanes, Robert J. H., Fletcher, Stephen P.

“…A key goal of chemistry is to develop synthetic systems that mimic biology, such as self-assembling, self-replicating models of minimal life forms…”
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Mobilizing Policy (In)Capacity to Fight COVID-19: Understanding Variations in State Responses by Capano, Giliberto, Howlett, Michael, Jarvis, Darryl S.L., Ramesh, M., Goyal, Nihit

“…The objective of this collection of essays is to gain insights into the different national-level state responses to COVID-19 around the world and the…”
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Assessing the 'forgotten fundamental' in policy advisory systems research: Policy shops and the role(s) of core policy professionals by Migone, Andrea, Howlett, Michael

“…During the past 30 years, research on policy analytical capacity's multidimensional nature and the evolution of policy advisory systems (PASs) has both…”
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Understanding co-production as a new public governance tool by Sorrentino, Maddalena, Sicilia, Mariafrancesca, Howlett, Michael

“…Co-production has become a buzzword for both scholars and practitioners in the past decade. This introduction to the thematic issue 'Co-production:…”
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Assessing policy analytical capacity in contemporary governments: New measures and metrics by Migone, Andrea, Howlett, Michael

“…Assessing the policy analytical capacity (PAC) of governments has suffered in the past from the anecdotal nature of most studies, leading to different…”
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A Chemical Reaction Network Drives Complex Population Dynamics in Oscillating Self-Reproducing Vesicles by Zhang, Zhiheng, Howlett, Michael G., Silvester, Emma, Kukura, Philipp, Fletcher, Stephen P.

“…We report chemically fueled oscillations of vesicles. The population cycling of vesicles is driven by their self-reproduction and collapse within a biphasic…”
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Designing for robustness: surprise, agility and improvisation in policy design by Howlett, Michael, Capano, Giliberto, Ramesh, M.

“…How best to deal with uncertainty and surprise in policy-making is an issue which has troubled policy studies for some time. Studies of policy uncertainty and…”
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Procedural Policy Tools and the Temporal Dimensions of Policy Design by Howlett, Michael

“…In recent years work on policy design and instrument choice has advanced towards a better understanding of the nature of policy mixes, their dimensions, and…”
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Moving policy theory forward : connecting multiple stream and advocacy coalition frameworks to policy cycle models of analysis by Howlett, Michael, McConnell, Allan, Perl, Anthony

“…Approaches to understanding the policy process - Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) model - recommendation to extend and modify Kingdon's multiple streams…”
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Kinetic Treatments for Catalyst Activation and Deactivation Processes based on Variable Time Normalization Analysis by Martínez‐Carrión, Alicia, Howlett, Michael G., Alamillo‐Ferrer, Carla, Clayton, Adam D., Bourne, Richard A., Codina, Anna, Vidal‐Ferran, Anton, Adams, Ralph W., Burés, Jordi

“…Progress reaction profiles are affected by both catalyst activation and deactivation processes occurring alongside the main reaction. These processes…”
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Procedural policy tools in theory and practice by Bali, Azad Singh, Howlett, Michael, Lewis, Jenny M., Ramesh, M.

“…Policy tools are a critical part of policy-making, providing the 'means' by which policy 'ends' are achieved. Knowledge of their different origin, nature and…”
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Calibration and specification in policy practice: Micro-dimensions of policy design by Capano, Giliberto, Howlett, Michael

“…Three aspects of policy success – programme implementation, policy solution feasibility and political legitimacy and support – need to be at the front of mind…”
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The Dependent Variable Problem in the Study of Policy Change: Understanding Policy Change as a Methodological Problem by Howlett, Michael, Cashore, Benjamin

“…The new orthodoxy in studies of policy dynamics is that policy change occurs through a homeostatic process. "Perturbations" occurring outside of an…”
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