Policy practices: a bridge between policy theory and empirical research

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F21%3A10432882" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/21:10432882 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800376489.00014" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800376489.00014</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781800376489.00014" target="_blank" >10.4337/9781800376489.00014</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Policy practices: a bridge between policy theory and empirical research
Original language description
The paper argues that policy sciences suffer from uneven development between theory and empirical analysis. This is demonstrated in instrument choice scholarship which consists of two unrelated strands: (1) general and abstract theory, and (2) empirical research which is usually rooted at micro-level only, and is difficult to generalize. It is argued that the insufficient connection between these two policy subfields can be bridged by development of middle-range theories and concepts such as policy practice. First, policy formulation scholarship is briefly summarized, with special emphasis on instrument choice. Then the concept of "policy practice" is introduced as a "meso-level" bridge between theory and empirical findings. Theoretical arguments are illustrated on a case study of strategic policy workers in the Czech Republic. The article concludes with some preliminary conclusions, and implications for the future of the policy sciences.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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