Policy learning and policy networks in theory and practice: The role of policy brokers in the Indonesian biodiesel policy network

• Main Authors: HOWLETT, Michael, MUKHERJEE, Ishani, KOPPENJAN, Joop
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Policy networks; policy learning; brokerage; biodiesel policy; Indonesia; Asian Studies; Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation; Policy History, Theory, and Methods
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2522; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3779/viewcontent/Policy_learning_and_policy_networks_in_theory_and_practice_the_role_of_policy_brokers_in_the_Indonesian_biodiesel_policy_network__1_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper examines how learning has been treated, generally, in policy network theories and what questions have been posed, and answered, about this phenomenon to date. We examine to what extent network characteristics and especially the presence of various types of brokers impede or facilitate pol...