INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP – CALL FOR PAPERS
Theoretical cross-fertilization of the Advocacy Coalition Framework
The Institut de Sciences Politiques Louvain-Europe of the Université catholique de Louvain organizes an international workshop on the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF). The aim of this workshop is to contribute to the theoretical cross-fertilization and development of the ACF through the presentation and discussion of high-quality research papers, as well as their consideration for a publication project.
The Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) conceptualizes the policy process as a political struggle among coalitions of policy actors involved in a given policy subsystem. Within coalitions, policy actors use their resources and coordinate their political activity in order to impose a shared system of policy beliefs to other advocacy coalitions. Their opportunities to do so depend on relatively stable parameters and external shocks at the level of the political system (Sabatier & Jenkins-Smith, 1993; Jenkins-Smith et al., 2014). The ACF is a conceptual and analytical platform for three main theories: a theory of policy learning, a theory of advocacy coalitions, and a theory of policy change (Jenkins-Smith et al., 2014; Weible et al., 2011).
We call for papers contributing to the development of an ACF theory – policy learning, advocacy coalitions, or policy change – through theoretical cross-fertilization. Cross-fertilization may involve original insights from other policy process theories, but also from other human, social or natural sciences. The choice of methods is free, as long as they are strong and very transparently reported. The papers may be conceptual or empirical, as long as they contribute the theoretical cross-fertilization of the ACF. Paper proposals of maximum 500 words are expected by November 2017, 20th and should be sent to stephane.moyson@uclouvain.be. Proposals will be selected by the scientific committee by November 2017, 30th.
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PRACTICALITIES
Where?
Ateliers des Fucam
2 Rue des Soeurs Noires
7000 Mons, Belgium
When?
Two half-days:
February 26th 2.00-6.30pm
February 27th 9.30am-2.00pm
How?
Participation is free and includes the dinner on February 26th. We do not cover the other costs.
Contact
stephane.moyson@uclouvain.be
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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Local co-organizer – Dr. Stéphane Moyson
Institut de Sciences Politiques Louvain-Europe
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Local co-organizer – Dr. David Aubin
Institut de Sciences Politiques Louvain-Europe
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Dr. Manuel Fischer
Department of Environmental Social Sciences
Eawag (Swiss Aquatic Science)
Institute of Political Science
University of Bern, Switzerland
Dr. Tanya Heikkila
School of Public Affairs
University of Colorado Denver, US
Dr. Christopher Weible
School of Public Affairs
University of Colorado Denver, US
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