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Paper · Semantic Scholar

The shift in classical approaches to public policy analysis: From absolute rationality to the centrality of institutions

ABSTRACT This essay provides an evolutionary analysis of how classical theoretical approaches in public policy implicitly or explicitly conceptualize institutional change. Early public policy analysis was guided by a behaviorist and rationalist perspective, which viewed change as an automatic consequence of sound, science-based policy formulation and implementation. The emphasis lay more on administrative rationalit…

picked 11 Aug 2026

Book · DOAB

Chapter 4 ‘Precarity’ as Structural Conditions and Its Gendered Dynamics in Immigration

Won explores the untold story of immigration in South Korea through a new precariat lens. Unlike traditional narratives, this book sheds light on the complexities of Korea's evolving immigration landscape, offering readers a fresh, multidimensional perspective. While its primary focus is on Korea, the text covers other countries such as Japan, the United States, Germany, Australia, and Canada. Coupled with a tria…

picked 13 Aug 2026

Full text · Open Library

Immigration and American Public PolicyImmigration and American Public Policy
cover via Open Library
picked 13 Aug 2026

Image · DPLA

Civil rights, policy diffusion and the coevolution of immigration and public health in the American food systemCivil rights, policy diffusion and the coevolution of immigration and public health in the American food system

This research uses the 'policy diffusion framework' to analyze the mechanisms and motivations behind policymaking in the American food system and draw conclusions about the relationship between the policy process and civil rights. It also utilizes analytical concepts lent by historic institutionalism such as process tracing and critical junctures to create a narrative of policy evolution from a cross-case analysis o…

Colorado State University. Libraries, via DPLA
picked 13 Aug 2026
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