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Policy change and learning in response to extreme flood events in Hungary: An advocacy coalition approach

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Albright, EA
Published in: Policy Studies Journal
August 1, 2011

In an analysis of the 200-year history of flood management in Hungary, I use the advocacy coalition framework and the focusing event literature to examine what policy change occurs and what is learned as a result of experiencing extreme and damaging flood events. By analyzing the policy response to a series of extreme floods (1998-2001) in this newly democratizing nation, I attempt to identify the factors that influenced the occurrence of policy change and policy-oriented learning. In 2003, Hungary enacted a comprehensive flood management program that included economic development and environmental protection goals, a distinct departure from Hungary's historical structural approach to flood management. However, it is less clear that long-lasting changes in belief systems about how floods should be managed have occurred. In this analysis, I argue that processes external to the flood policy subsystem (e.g., process of democratization and Hungary's accession to the European Union), along with the occurrence of the extreme flood events, enabled a coalition of individuals and organizations to press for policy change. © 2011 Policy Studies Organization.

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Policy Studies Journal

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1541-0072

ISSN

0190-292X

Publication Date

August 1, 2011

Volume

39

Issue

3

Start / End Page

485 / 511

Related Subject Headings

  • General Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
  • 4408 Political science
  • 4407 Policy and administration
  • 1606 Political Science
  • 1605 Policy and Administration
 

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Albright, E. A. (2011). Policy change and learning in response to extreme flood events in Hungary: An advocacy coalition approach. Policy Studies Journal, 39(3), 485–511. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0072.2011.00418.x
Albright, E. A. “Policy change and learning in response to extreme flood events in Hungary: An advocacy coalition approach.” Policy Studies Journal 39, no. 3 (August 1, 2011): 485–511. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0072.2011.00418.x.
Albright, E. A. “Policy change and learning in response to extreme flood events in Hungary: An advocacy coalition approach.” Policy Studies Journal, vol. 39, no. 3, Aug. 2011, pp. 485–511. Scopus, doi:10.1111/j.1541-0072.2011.00418.x.
Journal cover image

Published In

Policy Studies Journal

DOI

EISSN

1541-0072

ISSN

0190-292X

Publication Date

August 1, 2011

Volume

39

Issue

3

Start / End Page

485 / 511

Related Subject Headings

  • General Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
  • 4408 Political science
  • 4407 Policy and administration
  • 1606 Political Science
  • 1605 Policy and Administration