Globalisation, the ever increasing economic and socio-political international interactions, poses challenges to public policy theory and practice. This paper aims to (a) draw an outline of a discussion and research agenda for theorizing the policy process under globalisation, by (b) identifying some theoretical consensus across disciplines and epistemological paradigms. The literature shows a consensus on ‘constrained’ state thesis and that globalisation affects all states through structural pressures as well as the neoliberal discourse. However, policy outcomes vary across states depending on their position in the international power structure and domestic adjustment costs. The paper concludes that policy studies shall focus on the changing functions and organisational forms of the state and explicitly incorporate domestic–international interactions into the theories of the policy process.

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全球化和公共政策：跨越学科和认识论的界限

全球化，即日益增加的经济和社会政治国际互动，对公共政策理论和实践提出了挑战。本文旨在 (a) 通过 (b) 确定跨学科和认识论范式的一些理论共识，概述全球化下政策过程的理论化讨论和研究议程。文献显示了对“受约束”国家论点的共识，即全球化通过结构压力和新自由主义话语影响所有国家。然而，政策结果因州而异，取决于它们在国际权力结构中的地位和国内调整成本。