Doing, Failing, and Realizing Policy Change: A research programme on drivers, barriers, and politics of...

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Maximilian Schiffers

Doing, Failing, and Realizing Policy Change

A research programme on drivers, barriers, and politics of change in a transforming society...

Maximilian Schiffers

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English

Springer VS
07 October 2025

Politics & government; Public administration

Series: Studien der NRW School of Governance

Building on advancements in research on public policy, interest groups, and governance, this book addresses the translation of drivers and hurdles of change into concrete policy change and transformation. It follows the question how we can understand and explain the complex links between different explanatory factors – institutional, actor centred, and politics-of-change – that convey the possibilities for change into actual change. The results highlight that policy change is not an automatic process where the loudest voices prevail or where political attention forces change. Rather, the understanding of policy change requires a combination of emphasizing politics-of-change as a focus on the concrete political processes and agency, a multi-perspective analytical view on the mechanisms of change, and empirical in-depth analysis of the activities of policy actors across episodes of political stability. Acknowledging the practical relevance, it actively fosters the transfer of knowledge between academia and society on practical issues of doing, failing, and realizing policy change in a transforming society.

By: Maximilian Schiffers
Imprint: Springer VS
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
ISBN: 9783658497736
ISBN 10: 3658497734
Series: Studien der NRW School of Governance
Pages: 113
Publication Date: 07 October 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

PD Dr. Maximilian Schiffers is a political scientist and Lecturer for Public Administration and Public Policy at the Institute of Political Science (IfP) at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany. His research interests include lobbying, NGOs and interest groups as well as public policy change (politics-of-change) and governance in a transforming society.