1. RATIONAL
1.1. RATIONAL MODELING
1.1.1. KEY EXPLANATORY MECHANISM
1.1.1.1. The realization of goals through the application of means according to specific choices
1.1.2. CONCEPT OF THE HUMAN
1.1.2.1. Acts based on rational calculations of the costs and benefits of alternatives that contribute to the realization of the goals
1.1.3. EVALUATION
1.1.3.1. Efficiency / Effectiveness
1.1.4. MAIN INSTRUMENTS
1.1.4.1. Stick (Regu)/ carrot (Econ)/ sermon (Edu)
1.1.5. ROLE OF THE POLITICS
1.1.5.1. Politicians are different than Bureaucrats
1.1.6. ROLE OF INFORMATION
1.1.6.1. Neutral / Objective /Explicitable Reveal cause/ Predict outcome / Monitor process
1.1.7. TRAJECTORY OF POLICY PROCESS
1.1.7.1. Secuencial/Unicentric Problem to Results
2. INSTITUTIONAL
2.1. INSTITUTIONAL MODELING
2.1.1. KEY EXPLANATORY MECHANISM
2.1.1.1. Rules tell us what to do
2.1.2. CONCEPT OF THE HUMAN
2.1.2.1. Human lives in a duality (agency-structure) and accepts rules to gain predictability
2.1.3. EVALUATION
2.1.3.1. Check the policy process followed the appropriate way
2.1.4. MAIN INSTRUMENTS
2.1.4.1. Amending/extending Chainging rules
2.1.5. ROLE OF THE POLITICS
2.1.5.1. Make sure rules are followed.
2.1.6. ROLE OF INFORMATION
2.1.6.1. Reinforce institutions
2.1.7. TRAJECTORY OF POLICY PROCESS
2.1.7.1. Self-referential, path dependency, no expiration date for rules
3. CULTURAL
3.1. CONSTRUCTIONIST MODELING
3.1.1. KEY EXPLANATORY MECHANISM
3.1.1.1. Policies emerge as shared understandings which are socially constructed from interactions along processes of framing and reframing
3.1.2. CONCEPT OF THE HUMAN
3.1.2.1. Human acts according to intepretation of reality, build frames and interact with other to persuade of the rightfulness of their own interpretations
3.1.3. EVALUATION
3.1.3.1. solution to problems emerge from dialogue the process was not affected by powerful positions, and all points of view where discussed
3.1.4. MAIN INSTRUMENTS
3.1.4.1. facilitate
3.1.4.1.1. creating platform to interact freely
3.1.4.1.2. ensure power-free dialogues
3.1.4.1.3. appoint managers that supervise conditions for power-free dialogue is respected
3.1.5. ROLE OF THE POLITICS
3.1.5.1. Ensure dialogue Take advantage of position to communicate
3.1.6. ROLE OF INFORMATION
3.1.6.1. Just what makes sense and shared is selected and used
3.1.7. TRAJECTORY OF POLICY PROCESS
3.1.7.1. Participatory, Communicative, Stabilizing..until closure
4. STRATEGIC
4.1. POLITICAL MODELING
4.1.1. KEY EXPLANATORY MECHANISM
4.1.1.1. Policy processes are characterized by a continuous struggle between different, competing values in one or multiple arenas (power/interdependence)
4.1.2. CONCEPT OF THE HUMAN
4.1.2.1. Selfish with limited power
4.1.3. EVALUATION
4.1.3.1. invidual
4.1.3.1.1. advance of own goals
4.1.3.2. network
4.1.3.2.1. legitimacy and durability
4.1.3.2.2. intersection of ideas
4.1.3.2.3. flow
4.1.4. MAIN INSTRUMENTS
4.1.4.1. network management
4.1.4.1.1. Connecting
4.1.4.1.2. Grouping
4.1.4.1.3. Communing
4.1.4.1.4. Organizing
4.1.5. ROLE OF THE POLITICS
4.1.5.1. Politicians, and Bureaucrats, as well as other actors are part of the political network
4.1.6. ROLE OF INFORMATION
4.1.6.1. knowledge, and information represent power
4.1.7. TRAJECTORY OF POLICY PROCESS
4.1.7.1. Incremental / Compensatory / Oportunístic/ Poli-centric