Political Power and Policy Design: Why Are Policy Alternatives Constrained?. Öberg, P., Lundin, M., & Thelander, J. Policy Studies Journal, 43(1):93--114, February, 2015. ![Political Power and Policy Design: Why Are Policy Alternatives Constrained? [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper doi abstract bibtex Little research examines the stage of the policy process during which policy alternatives are formulated. Using quantitative and qualitative data from Swedish local politics, we address this deficiency by analyzing the process by which the number of specific policy alternatives is reduced. The findings suggest that, in approximately 20 percent of issues, more than one alternative will reach all politicians making the binding decisions. Most local politicians, in both the majority and opposition factions, think that they lack sufficient information on alternative policy designs. We also find a “political bias,” that is, alternatives are discarded at an early stage because they are deemed not politically feasible. Politicians outside the inner circles, especially those with higher education, would like to see more policy alternatives to discuss and from which they can make choices.
@article{oberg_political_2015,
title = {Political {Power} and {Policy} {Design}: {Why} {Are} {Policy} {Alternatives} {Constrained}?},
volume = {43},
copyright = {© 2014 Policy Studies Organization},
issn = {1541-0072},
shorttitle = {Political {Power} and {Policy} {Design}},
url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/doi/10.1111/psj.12086/abstract},
doi = {10.1111/psj.12086},
abstract = {Little research examines the stage of the policy process during which policy alternatives are formulated. Using quantitative and qualitative data from Swedish local politics, we address this deficiency by analyzing the process by which the number of specific policy alternatives is reduced. The findings suggest that, in approximately 20 percent of issues, more than one alternative will reach all politicians making the binding decisions. Most local politicians, in both the majority and opposition factions, think that they lack sufficient information on alternative policy designs. We also find a “political bias,” that is, alternatives are discarded at an early stage because they are deemed not politically feasible. Politicians outside the inner circles, especially those with higher education, would like to see more policy alternatives to discuss and from which they can make choices.},
language = {en},
number = {1},
urldate = {2016-06-29},
journal = {Policy Studies Journal},
author = {Öberg, PerOla and Lundin, Martin and Thelander, Jonas},
month = feb,
year = {2015},
keywords = {deliberative policy processes, local politics, policy design, policy formulation, policy options, politically biased policy alternatives},
pages = {93--114},
file = {Full Text PDF:files/55954/Öberg et al. - 2015 - Political Power and Policy Design Why Are Policy .pdf:application/pdf;Snapshot:files/55955/abstract.html:text/html}
}
Downloads: 0
{"_id":"dvs7ijsWwbwqKXWyF","bibbaseid":"berg-lundin-thelander-politicalpowerandpolicydesignwhyarepolicyalternativesconstrained-2015","downloads":0,"creationDate":"2016-09-09T06:27:36.012Z","title":"Political Power and Policy Design: Why Are Policy Alternatives Constrained?","author_short":["Öberg, P.","Lundin, M.","Thelander, J."],"year":2015,"bibtype":"article","biburl":"https://www.sfu.ca/~howlett/howlett16.bib","bibdata":{"bibtype":"article","type":"article","title":"Political Power and Policy Design: Why Are Policy Alternatives Constrained?","volume":"43","copyright":"© 2014 Policy Studies Organization","issn":"1541-0072","shorttitle":"Political Power and Policy Design","url":"http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/doi/10.1111/psj.12086/abstract","doi":"10.1111/psj.12086","abstract":"Little research examines the stage of the policy process during which policy alternatives are formulated. Using quantitative and qualitative data from Swedish local politics, we address this deficiency by analyzing the process by which the number of specific policy alternatives is reduced. The findings suggest that, in approximately 20 percent of issues, more than one alternative will reach all politicians making the binding decisions. Most local politicians, in both the majority and opposition factions, think that they lack sufficient information on alternative policy designs. We also find a “political bias,” that is, alternatives are discarded at an early stage because they are deemed not politically feasible. Politicians outside the inner circles, especially those with higher education, would like to see more policy alternatives to discuss and from which they can make choices.","language":"en","number":"1","urldate":"2016-06-29","journal":"Policy Studies Journal","author":[{"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Öberg"],"firstnames":["PerOla"],"suffixes":[]},{"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Lundin"],"firstnames":["Martin"],"suffixes":[]},{"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Thelander"],"firstnames":["Jonas"],"suffixes":[]}],"month":"February","year":"2015","keywords":"deliberative policy processes, local politics, policy design, policy formulation, policy options, politically biased policy alternatives","pages":"93--114","file":"Full Text PDF:files/55954/Öberg et al. - 2015 - Political Power and Policy Design Why Are Policy .pdf:application/pdf;Snapshot:files/55955/abstract.html:text/html","bibtex":"@article{oberg_political_2015,\n\ttitle = {Political {Power} and {Policy} {Design}: {Why} {Are} {Policy} {Alternatives} {Constrained}?},\n\tvolume = {43},\n\tcopyright = {© 2014 Policy Studies Organization},\n\tissn = {1541-0072},\n\tshorttitle = {Political {Power} and {Policy} {Design}},\n\turl = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/doi/10.1111/psj.12086/abstract},\n\tdoi = {10.1111/psj.12086},\n\tabstract = {Little research examines the stage of the policy process during which policy alternatives are formulated. Using quantitative and qualitative data from Swedish local politics, we address this deficiency by analyzing the process by which the number of specific policy alternatives is reduced. The findings suggest that, in approximately 20 percent of issues, more than one alternative will reach all politicians making the binding decisions. Most local politicians, in both the majority and opposition factions, think that they lack sufficient information on alternative policy designs. We also find a “political bias,” that is, alternatives are discarded at an early stage because they are deemed not politically feasible. Politicians outside the inner circles, especially those with higher education, would like to see more policy alternatives to discuss and from which they can make choices.},\n\tlanguage = {en},\n\tnumber = {1},\n\turldate = {2016-06-29},\n\tjournal = {Policy Studies Journal},\n\tauthor = {Öberg, PerOla and Lundin, Martin and Thelander, Jonas},\n\tmonth = feb,\n\tyear = {2015},\n\tkeywords = {deliberative policy processes, local politics, policy design, policy formulation, policy options, politically biased policy alternatives},\n\tpages = {93--114},\n\tfile = {Full Text PDF:files/55954/Öberg et al. - 2015 - Political Power and Policy Design Why Are Policy .pdf:application/pdf;Snapshot:files/55955/abstract.html:text/html}\n}\n\n","author_short":["Öberg, P.","Lundin, M.","Thelander, J."],"key":"oberg_political_2015","id":"oberg_political_2015","bibbaseid":"berg-lundin-thelander-politicalpowerandpolicydesignwhyarepolicyalternativesconstrained-2015","role":"author","urls":{"Paper":"http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/doi/10.1111/psj.12086/abstract"},"keyword":["deliberative policy processes","local politics","policy design","policy formulation","policy options","politically biased policy alternatives"],"downloads":0},"search_terms":["political","power","policy","design","policy","alternatives","constrained","öberg","lundin","thelander"],"keywords":["deliberative policy processes","local politics","policy design","policy formulation","policy options","politically biased policy alternatives"],"authorIDs":[],"dataSources":["Bn7xRaKMY43f7hFwh"]}