POLICY SUBSYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS AND POLICY CHANGE: OPERATIONALIZING THE POSTPOSITIVIST ANALYSIS OF THE POLITICS OF THE POLICY PROCESS

HOWLETT, MICHAEL;RAMESH, M.

POLICY STUDIES JOURNAL, n.º 3/1998, pág. 466

1. Positivist and postpositivist visions of therole of political actors in the policy process. 2. Policy subsystems and policy change. 3. Types of policy subsystems, types of policy change, and their relationship. a) Types of policy subsystems. b) Types of policy change. c) Types of policy subsystems and types of polcy change. 4. Elements of a postpositivist model. 5. Conclusion.