2024-03-28T18:12:39Zhttp://digital.csic.es/dspace-oai/requestoai:digital.csic.es:10261/1883892020-09-23T11:37:44Zcom_10261_29com_10261_7col_10261_282
The parameters of policy portfolios: verticality and horizontality in design spaces and their consequences for policy mix formulation
Howlett, Michael
Río González, Pablo del
Río González, Pablo del [0000-0002-1712-5198]
Policy design
Policy instruments
Policy tool choice
Policy mixes
Policy portfolios
Policies increasingly come in complex packages and understanding the nature of design criteria for such portfolios is increasingly important. However, existing studies of policy mixes fail to carefully define the dependent variable of the inquiry. As a result, theorization of policy design has lagged, the cumulative impact of empirical studies has not been great and understanding of the phenomena, despite many observations of its significance in policy studies, has not improved significantly over the past three decades. This paper aims to revitalize this important aspect of policy design work and policy studies by distinguishing between mix types and their impact on policy formulation. It defines key types and subtypes of mixes based on the complexity of design variables such as the number of goals, the number of policies and the number of levels of government and sectors involved in the design of a policy bundle. The taxonomy is then used to assess the validity and applicability of oft-cited but under-examined portfolio design principles and precepts.
Peer reviewed
2019-08-16T14:31:13Z
2019-08-16T14:31:13Z
2015
artículo
http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501
Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 33(5): 1233-1245 (2015)
0263-774X
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/188389
10.1177%2F0263774X15610059
1472-3425
en
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0263774X15610059
Sí
none
Sage Publications