Policy Learning Flashcards
1st Learning Order
there is an incremental change in the policy.
adjustments made to make the policy stronger and adapted
(policy maintainance)
2nd Learning Order
radical change of the policy to achieve goals more effectively.
policy succession: policies are replaced by using knowledge from the past
3rd Learning Order
learning helps to change priorities and deeper assumptions by terminating or innovating policies
(challenge the status quo)
Reflexive Learning
Certification of Actors: low
Problem Tractability: low
fundamental policy ideas are discussed based on interactive and deliberative learning processes where multiple actors are involved.
Epistemic Learning
Certification of Actors: high
Problem Tractability: low
topic definition and clarity of what there needs to be learned
Learning in the shadow of hierarchy
Certification of Actors: high
Problem Tractability: high
knowledge elites are involved but politics remains at the top
Learning through bargaining
Certification of Actors: low
Problem Tractability: high
knowledge is strategic and transferred between actors because multiple actors have access to learning.
Certification of Actors
who should we learn with
Problem Tractability
is it clear what learning should be about?
Rational Perspective on Learning
learning is the foundation for policy change based on evidence & evolution, therefore, the condition for policies to be (and to remain) efficient and effective
Political Perspective on Learning
learning must fit actors’ interests. knowledge is used for power and ammunition to increase credibility in the policy claim.
Policy support
Cultural Perspective on Learning
learning is based on frames and these are justified depending on how is told, therefore, becoming a social construction.
learn how policy stories are (re)produced
Institutional Perspective on Learning
learning must fit the institutional context. Changes incrementally by following path dependencies.
Institutional survival & legitimacy.
Learning Frameworks
Advocacy Coalition - - definition
Based on the political perspective, the framework focuses on the stability of advocacy coalitions and how these balance policy dynamics based on conflict and power struggles.
Characteristics of Advocacy Coalitions (4)
- relatively stable
- multiple actors
- shared policy beliefs
- resource pooling
