The key question then is why one is selected over the others. Kingdon ( 2010) rejects the rational actor approach and argues that many different solutions exist to any policy issue. Indeed, it may be that the policy environment is becoming more amenable to the use of the MSF over time, with complexity and “a post-policy” world becoming more ingrained in governmental decision-making. Hundreds of English-language journal articles using MSF have been published demonstrating its versatility and theoretical richness.
#RSYNCOSX MULTIPE STREAMS UPDATE#
The multiple streams framework (MSF), developed by John Kingdon in 1984 (with a major update in 2010), is a well-respected approach for analyzing policymaking across a variety of policies and countries. Some social work scholars (have applied the framework (for recent examples published in this journal, see Barrick and Worsham ( 2020), Gal and Weiss-Gal ( 2020)), though it is still under-utilized, particularly compared to its massive popularity in other disciplines. Belend and Howlett ( 2016) edited a special issue of The Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis that examines the unlikely extent of the MSF in comparative policy analysis. As noted by Cairney and Jones ( 2016), this approach is particularly helpful in conducting case studies but has had a more extensive impact, helping usher in an era of policy process change conceptualizations along with a “universally applicable” approach (p. If so, you may want to take a deep look at the multiple streams framework (MSF) which overcomes many of the problems raised in earlier theories, such as the Rational Actor Model (Hoefer, 2021) that simply are not very realistic. Or perhaps you’re designing a new research effort to push forward understanding of policymaking in your area of interest, particularly regarding the change or evolution of policy in that arena. Imagine you are teaching a class in social policy and want to truly challenge your students with a sophisticated and elegant policy development theory, one that is well-regarded in the political science literature and has been used successfully by social work scholars as well.
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