Michael Howlett
Impact in
- Public Administration top 0.01%
- Public Policy and Administration Research
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- Policy Transfer and Learning
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Local Government Finance and Decentralization
Papers in
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- Policy Transfer and Learning 168
- Social Policy and Reform Studies 69
- Local Government Finance and Decentralization 27
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- Public Policy and Administration Research 135
- Co-authors
- M. Ramesh (60 shared papers)Jeremy Rayner (39 shared papers)Giliberto Capano (23 shared papers)Colin J. Bennett (1 shared paper)Benjamin Cashore (11 shared papers)Florian Kern (3 shared papers)Xun Wu (13 shared papers)Ishani Mukherjee (27 shared papers)
- Journals
- Policy and Society (32 papers)Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Research and Practice (17 papers)Policy Design and Practice (10 papers)Canadian Journal of Political Science (10 papers)Policy Sciences (9 papers)
- Partner nations
- CanadaSingaporeUnited States
In The Last Decade
Michael Howlett
456 papers receiving 17.1k citations
Michael Howlett's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 182
- Public Administration 4.0k
- Political Science and International Relations 8.3k
- Global and Planetary Change 3.6k
- Development 635
- Strategy and Management 2.5k
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| 1 | The lessons of learning: Reconciling theories of policy learning and policy change Hit paper breakdown → | 1992 | 846 |
| 2 | Design Principles for Policy Mixes: Cohesion and Coherence in ‘New Governance Arrangements’ Hit paper breakdown → | 2007 | 482 |
| 3 | Policy capacity: A conceptual framework for understanding policy competences and capabilities Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 463 |
| 4 | Governance modes, policy regimes and operational plans: A multi-level nested model of policy instrument choice and policy design Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 456 |
| 5 | Mobilizing Policy (In)Capacity to Fight COVID-19: Understanding Variations in State Responses Hit paper breakdown → | 2020 | 401 |
| 6 | Implementing transition management as policy reforms: a case study of the Dutch energy sector Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 392 |
| 7 | Policy analytical capacity and evidence‐based policy‐making: Lessons from Canada Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 376 |
| 8 | The Dependent Variable Problem in the Study of Policy Change: Understanding Policy Change as a Methodological Problem Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 341 |
| 9 | 1991 | 305 | |
| 10 | Policy mixes for sustainability transitions: New approaches and insights through bridging innovation and policy studies Hit paper breakdown → | 2019 | 283 |
| 11 | 2010 | 275 | |
| 12 | 2000 | 274 | |
| 13 | 2007 | 270 | |
| 14 | The Knowns and Unknowns of Policy Instrument Analysis: Policy Tools and the Current Research Agenda on Policy Mixes Hit paper breakdown → | 2020 | 268 |
| 15 | 2014 | 267 | |
| 16 | Patching vs Packaging in Policy Formulation: Assessing Policy Portfolio Design Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 262 |
| 17 | 2017 | 237 | |
| 18 | 2012 | 221 | |
| 19 | 2015 | 212 | |
| 20 | 2012 | 200 |
About Michael Howlett
Michael Howlett is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Public Administration, Global and Planetary Change, Strategy and Management and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 485 papers that have together received 18.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Policy Transfer and Learning (168 papers), Public Policy and Administration Research (135 papers), Social Policy and Reform Studies (69 papers), Evaluation and Performance Assessment (41 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (41 papers), Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (28 papers), Local Government Finance and Decentralization (27 papers) and Regulation and Compliance Studies (23 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Public Administration (4.0k citations), Political Science and International Relations (8.3k citations), Global and Planetary Change (3.6k citations), Development (635 citations) and Strategy and Management (2.5k citations). Michael Howlett has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, Singapore and United States. Frequent co-authors include M. Ramesh, Jeremy Rayner, Giliberto Capano, Colin J. Bennett, Benjamin Cashore, Florian Kern, Xun Wu, Ishani Mukherjee, Nihit Goyal and Jonathan Craft. Their work appears in journals such as Policy and Society, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Research and Practice, Policy Design and Practice, Canadian Journal of Political Science and Policy Sciences.
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