The advocacy coalition framework (ACF) was originally designed by Paul Sabatier and Hank Jenkins-Smith in the late 1980s to explain the political behavior of actors in the policy process. The ACF provides researchers a theoretical lens for organizing actors into coalitions by offering a set of hypotheses for explaining coalition structure and behavior, the role of science and technology in the policy process, and the factors conducive to learning and policy change. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Political Science; Advocacy Coalition Framework]
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