Policy Change through Social Elements of Policy Design: Florida Growth Policies.

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  • Author(s): Ben-Zadok, Efraim (AUTHOR)
  • Source:
    Planning Practice & Research. Jun2021, Vol. 36 Issue 3, p268-291. 24p.
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    • Subject Terms:
      SOCIAL policy; SOCIAL change; URBAN growth; SOCIAL learning; URBAN decline
    • Subject Terms:
      FLORIDA
    • Abstract:
      This study analyzed policy change in legislation through three social elements of policy design: policy problem, policy goal, and intervention strategy. It covered five successive policies of Florida Growth Management Act (1970-2010). The study also examined social construction of policy change and sources influencing change. Florida's record of social policy learning and change was positive. Drastic 1980s changes included a centralized state-regional-local planning-implementation system and local economic development. Florida's policies emphasized statewide control of population growth (1970s-1980s), and sprawl and urban decline areas (1990s-2000s). Florida's problematic experience of instrumental policy learning and change included discretionary implementation tools and processes [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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