Policy as Practice: Explaining Persistent Patterns in Prostitution Policy

摘要: The purpose of this article is to present an approach policy analysis that centres on the notion practice. Traditionally rests two types categories: substantive categories issue at hand and general conceptualisations emerge from discipline itself, such as formulation, implementation, instrument, agenda‐setting, so on. Challenging these unpacking a bundle practices, makes it possible for analyst unearth taken‐for‐granted tacit dimensions stabilise particular in place time. Using case prostitution policy, I will show how practice allows critical certain empirical features type some remarkable constancies over many countries long historical periods regulatory propensity even progressive policies domain revert more prohibitionist forms regulation.