The structure-in-evolution approach: a unified view of evolutionary change in policy systems

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01442872.2021.1908534" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01442872.2021.1908534</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2021.1908534" target="_blank" >10.1080/01442872.2021.1908534</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The structure-in-evolution approach: a unified view of evolutionary change in policy systems

Original language description

Scholars across the social sciences, including in the studies of institutions and policy, have found useful various elements of evolutionary and complexity research. Though sharing the same worldview, these streams of research emphasize different aspects of change and lack a shared set of assumptions and tools. As a result, they remain largely disconnected. Inspired by innovation research and its novel theory of change in technological systems, this article aims to bridge these gaps and advance a unified view of policy change called the structure-in-evolution approach. The structure-in-evolution analysis accounts for both the dynamics and the structure of change by positing that policy systems, like other technological systems, evolve according to distinct patterns and exhibit complex and adaptive properties of such systems. This approach, the article argues, thus promises not only to integrate our understanding of evolutionary change but also a major leap forward in our ability to study and develop public policy.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50601 - Political science

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Policy Studies

ISSN

0144-2872

e-ISSN

1470-1006

Volume of the periodical

43

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

20

Pages from-to

1055-1074

UT code for WoS article

000636859100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85103656026