TY - JOUR
T1 - Preschool Policymaking by Stealth
T2 - Application of an Alternative Framework for the Policy Process
AU - Sugrue, Erin P.
AU - Lightfoot, Elizabeth B
PY - 2017/10/2
Y1 - 2017/10/2
N2 - This study uses the design and passage of universal preschool in two states, Oklahoma and West Virginia, to present an alternative framework for understanding the policy process, Policymaking by Stealth, and demonstrate its usefulness both in expanding the understanding of the politics of public preschool and as a tool for social work policy practice. An overview of the current state of preschool policy in the United States and the political history of federal preschool policy is presented first to provide context to the analysis, followed by an introduction to the analytic framework, and then a formal analysis of the policy passage processes in the two states via the lens of Policymaking by Stealth. The contributions of this new framework to the study of the policy process in general and the practice of policymaking in complex political contexts are discussed.
AB - This study uses the design and passage of universal preschool in two states, Oklahoma and West Virginia, to present an alternative framework for understanding the policy process, Policymaking by Stealth, and demonstrate its usefulness both in expanding the understanding of the politics of public preschool and as a tool for social work policy practice. An overview of the current state of preschool policy in the United States and the political history of federal preschool policy is presented first to provide context to the analysis, followed by an introduction to the analytic framework, and then a formal analysis of the policy passage processes in the two states via the lens of Policymaking by Stealth. The contributions of this new framework to the study of the policy process in general and the practice of policymaking in complex political contexts are discussed.
KW - Policymaking by stealth
KW - policy practice
KW - policy process
KW - public policy
KW - universal preschool
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U2 - 10.1080/15588742.2016.1266982
DO - 10.1080/15588742.2016.1266982
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85012305500
SN - 1558-8742
VL - 16
SP - 332
EP - 350
JO - Journal of Policy Practice
JF - Journal of Policy Practice
IS - 4
ER -