00977pab a2200157 454500 180718b1998 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Zahariadis, Nikolaos Comparing three lenses of policy choice 1998 p.434-48 Autumn This paper compares three lenses that explain policy choice. They include rational choice, advocacy coalitions, and multiple streams. The argument is that the three lenses generate complementary rather than competing explanations of the same event. Complementary lenses are those that are not applicable under the same conditions. Applicability of each lens is established by examining actor goals and environmental structure and by exploring predictive capability and descriptive accuracy. Finally, the paper charts a research agenda designed to make the lenses more directly competing. - Reproduced Public policy Policy Studies Journal 40098 40098 40098 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 26, Issue no: 3 AR40470 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR