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Jack Mewhirter is an Associate Professor at the Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His research focuses on policy process theory, polycentric governance, and the evaluation of public policies in domains such as environmental, policing, health, and security policy. He explores how policy actors self-organize in complex systems to address cross-cutting issues and evaluates policy outcomes through frameworks like the Ecology of Games. Mewhirter’s work emphasizes collaborative governance, institutional externalities, and the interdependence of actors in complex governance systems.
His research spans topics including police militarization, forum participation in polycentric systems, and the determinants of vaccine hesitancy. He has published extensively on policy implementation challenges, transaction costs in institutional systems, and the role of representation in collaborative policymaking.
Mewhirter’s articles analyze systemic conflict and cooperation, behavioral spillovers in collaborative processes, and the impact of federalism and partisanship on policy outcomes. His work bridges theoretical advancements with real-world policy evaluation, offering insights into improving governance structures and institutional effectiveness.
