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2006

Incrementalism

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Incrementalism Before The Storm: Network Performance For The Evacuation Of New Orleans, John Kiefer, Robert Montjoy Nov 2006

Incrementalism Before The Storm: Network Performance For The Evacuation Of New Orleans, John Kiefer, Robert Montjoy

John J. Kiefer

No abstract provided.


The Dynamics Of Incrementalism: Subsystems, Politics, And Public Lands, Robert Wood Dec 2005

The Dynamics Of Incrementalism: Subsystems, Politics, And Public Lands, Robert Wood

Robert S. Wood

A host of research has been produced in the decade since Baumgartner and Jones' theory of punctuated equilibrium first drew attention to the dynamics of policy change over time. Much of this research follows a topic across time, highlighting the shift from negative to positive feedback as challengers push an issue from subsystem to institutional level. Far less attention has been paid to the periods between major punctuations, neglecting key quetions about whether incremental periods reflect an absence of challengers or the successful defense of established subsystem interests. this research is a comparison of policy change across two segments of …