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The ACF posits policy actors' beliefs play a crucial role in shaping policy change dynamics. Policy is a rough translation of beliefs, thereby putting individual and collective values into the practice of shaping society. However, critiques have argued the ACF (1) neglects theoretic consideration of the role democracy plays in the policy process and (2) provides an underdeveloped conceptualization of actors’ policy-oriented belief systems. This chapter addresses these critiques simultaneously because individual beliefs about democracy can vary widely within a democratic society, thus providing an opportunity to explore a novel dimension of variation in policy actor beliefs under the ACF. Using a grounded theory approach, this study examines in-depth policy actor interviews from two municipal housing policy subsystems and finds actors hold diverse beliefs about democracy and most apply their democracy-oriented beliefs to multiple tiers of their policy-oriented beliefs. The ACF has overlooked the importance of the relationship between democracy- and policy-oriented beliefs.

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How Did We Miss This? Democracy and Policy Beliefs in the Advocacy Coalition Framework

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    2025年

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  • Jill Yordy

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The ACF posits policy actors' beliefs play a crucial role in shaping policy change dynamics. Policy is a rough translation of beliefs, thereby putting individual and collective values into the practice of shaping society. However, critiques have argued the ACF (1) neglects theoretic consideration of the role democracy plays in the policy process and (2) provides an underdeveloped conceptualization of actors’ policy-oriented belief systems. This chapter addresses these critiques simultaneously because individual beliefs about democracy can vary widely within a democratic society, thus providing an opportunity to explore a novel dimension of variation in policy actor beliefs under the ACF. Using a grounded theory approach, this study examines in-depth policy actor interviews from two municipal housing policy subsystems and finds actors hold diverse beliefs about democracy and most apply their democracy-oriented beliefs to multiple tiers of their policy-oriented beliefs. The ACF has overlooked the importance of the relationship between democracy- and policy-oriented beliefs.