TY - JOUR
T1 - Policy change and network termination
T2 - The role of farm groups in agricultural policy making in Australia
AU - Botterill, Linda Courtenay
PY - 2005/6
Y1 - 2005/6
N2 - As the National Farmers' Federation (NFF) celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2004, it is timely to reflect on the role of farm groups in agricultural policy making in Australia and revisit the policy changes of the 1970s which provided a major impetus for the NFF's formation. Agricultural policy is often presented as the classic case of policy developed by tight policy communities characterised by stability, shared ideology and limited membership. There has been much debate in the literature about the value of the concept of policy communities in explaining policy development processes and policy change. This article suggests that the combination of ideological and institutional change, particularly in the presence of looser policy networks, can disrupt policy making and lead to network termination resulting in policy change.
AB - As the National Farmers' Federation (NFF) celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2004, it is timely to reflect on the role of farm groups in agricultural policy making in Australia and revisit the policy changes of the 1970s which provided a major impetus for the NFF's formation. Agricultural policy is often presented as the classic case of policy developed by tight policy communities characterised by stability, shared ideology and limited membership. There has been much debate in the literature about the value of the concept of policy communities in explaining policy development processes and policy change. This article suggests that the combination of ideological and institutional change, particularly in the presence of looser policy networks, can disrupt policy making and lead to network termination resulting in policy change.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=21244460276&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10361140500129982
DO - 10.1080/10361140500129982
M3 - Article
SN - 1036-1146
VL - 40
SP - 207
EP - 219
JO - Australian Journal of Political Science
JF - Australian Journal of Political Science
IS - 2
ER -