Fracking in the UK and Switzerland: why differences in policymaking systems don’t always produce different outputs and outcomes
研究了英国和瑞士在水力压裂政策上为何尽管政治体制差异巨大（英国多数制政府全力支持页岩气，瑞士共识民主倾向暂停），但政策过程和结果却相似，揭示了联盟内信息共享等微妙机制。
We address a key puzzle in policy studies: why don’t major differences in political systems and policy produce major differences in policy processes, outputs, and outcomes? We show why key aspects of fracking policy are similar in the UK and Switzerland despite the UK majoritarian government being ‘all out for shale’ and Switzerland’s consensus democracy favouring moratoriums. We use the ‘advocacy coalition framework’ and new survey data to show why differences in UK and Swiss processes are subtle. In both cases, actors cooperate and compete with each other by sharing information within and across coalitions.