The Public Policy Process
Routledge (Publisher)
6th Edition
Published on 6. February 2013
Book
Hardback
978-0-273-78286-5 (ISBN)
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Description
The Public Policy Process is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the process by which public policy is made. Explaining clearly the importance of the relationship between theoretical and practical aspects of policy-making, the book gives a thorough overview of the people and organisations involved in the process.
Fully revised and updated for a sixth edition, The Public Policy Process provides
Fully revised and updated for a sixth edition, The Public Policy Process provides
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Language
English
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis
ISBN-13
978-0-273-78286-5 (9780273782865)
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Michael Hill | Frederic Varone
The Public Policy Process
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Michael Hill
The Public Policy Process
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10/2012
6th Edition
Routledge
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Persons
Michael Hill is a retired Professor of Social Policy at the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. He continues to research and teach social and public policy and also has visiting professorships at the London School of Economics and at the University of Brighton. He has written extensively on policy implementation, British social policy and comparative social policy.
Content
Part 1 Introduction1 Studying the policy process Part 2 Policy theories 2 Theories of power and the policy process 3 From pluralism to networks 4 Institutional theory 5 Rational choice theory 6 Integrating theoretical approaches Part 3 Analysis of the policy process 7 Policy types? 8 Policy and politics 9 Agenda setting 10 Policy formulation11 Implementation: an overview 12 The importance of organisational processes 13 The policy process at the street level 14 The policy process in the age of governance15 Conclusion: evaluation and accountability