2012 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Punctuated Equilibrium
This chapter examines: The meaning of punctuated equilibrium, policy community and monopoly.The literature on agenda setting.The use of venue shopping to explain issue expansion, shifts of attention and policy change.The applicability of punctuated equilibrium within US and other political systems.The value of this theory to the wider concerns of this book, such as: how do we identify power within a political system; and, why does policy change?