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Policy Process and Policy Change
I am interested in how, when and why policies are made. I am also interested in the circumstances in which they might change. It is often thought that policies stay the same - 'nothing ever changes'. So what might bring about policy change?
Can Regulation Theory Explain Policy Change in Local Government?
In a recent article in Policy Studies I consider whether the regulation approach, associated with Bob Jessop and Robert Boyer can explain change in local government economic development policies. I trace how economic policy changed in one northern English city over a twenty year period. I argue that the regulation approach offers a number of advantages in explaining why policies might change: that policies may have to react to crises in international and national capitalism.
Economic development in York was sustained on a fordist economy for much of the twentieth century. However, this went into crisis in the 1980s as key employers such as Rowntree's began to downsize and move abroad. York City Council therefore developed new economic development strategies.
The article is:- (2009) 'Whatever happened to regulation theory? The regulation approach and local government revisited', Policy Studies 30(2), p.181-201 (download pdf here).
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