(review)Policy windows and multiple streams : An analysis of alcohol pricing policy in England
This article aimed to use Kingdon’s multiple streams model to explain the failure of minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol in England. This article believed that the reason why MUP failed is mainly due to political fluency. Problem Stream (identification of an issue) Raising alcohol harms in society Who should be targeted by the policy? minority of problematic drinkers heavy episodic drinking rather than long-term heavy drinking MUP is a whole population measure. However, MUP can also be said to be a targeted measure as not all products are affected by it. Policy Stream (development of potential policy) The development of MUP Modeling test by researchers at the University of Sheffield School of Health and Related Research, which succeeded in changing the farming of policy debates to the whole-population approach. Laid a foundation for policy entrepreneurs to bring forward proposals to adopt price-based interventions and create a window of opportunity ...