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Policy networks and policy change: putting policy network theory to the test

The case for double-weighting rests on the scale of data generation and analysis within the study. The book reports the results of testing 40 hypotheses about the future of public policy. The research involved (1) using policy network theory to deduce the likely impact of 19 major long-term technological, economic, environmental and social trends on the views and political resources of major policy actors, and (2) using empirical data on policy trends to test these propositions. The scale of the data collection and analysis required was recognized by an ESRC grant to finance replacement teaching for a year.