Paradigm Shifts and Policy Networks: Cumulative Change in Agriculture*

摘要: This article presents an alternative trajectory to policy paradigm change that outlined by Peter A. Hall's social learning model, in which unsuccessful efforts state officials respond failures and anomalies the existing eventually trigger a broader, societal, political partisan debate about principles. From this society-wide contestation over goals, problems, solutions, new emerges. Drawing on conceptual tools of feedback networks, describes route shift is negotiated between actors group representatives. Discussions are largely confined sectoral networks result more managed series changes culminate shift. argument for second, cumulative developed examining agricultural three countries: United States, Canada, Australia.