The advocacy coalition framework (ACF) was designed and initiated by Hank Jenkins-smith and Paul Sabatier in the late 1980s. The two were motivated by the fact that, they wanted to explain the political behaviors of actors in the policy-making. Therefore, this framework provides researchers with a theoretical perceptive regarding how actors should be organized into coalitions (Sabatier 28). On that matter, researchers are provided with a set of hypothesis on how to explain a coalition behavior and structure. Similarly, it provides detailed information explaining the role of science and technology in policy making and factors favorable to policy change and learning. Apparently, the Advocacy Coalition Framework has for over two decades applied
