Studying Public Policy
Policy Cycles and Policy Subsystems
Michael Howlett(Author)
Oxford University Press, Canada
2nd Edition
Published in June 2003
Book
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320 pages
978-0-19-541794-4 (ISBN)
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Studying Public Policy develops an analytical framework for its subject for use by students in public policy courses. Instead of focussing on substantive policy issues in particular policy areas, this book examines the theoretical and conceptual foundations of, and approaches used, in the policy sciences. Divided into four parts. Part 1 outlines the scope and parameters of the policy studies field and the philosophical basis of theories most common in the discipline; part 2 discusses the actors, institutions, and instruments found in public policy communities; Part 3 focuses on the policy process itself and how public policy is made; part 4 examines the phenomena of policy change.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
num. fig.
numerous figures
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-19-541794-4 (9780195417944)
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Michael Howlett | M. Ramesh | Anthony Perl
Studying Public Policy
Policy Cycles and Policy Subsystems
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02/2009
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Oxford University Press, Canada
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Michael Howlett
Studying Public Policy
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06/1995
Oxford University Press, Canada
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Content
List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Part I Introduction; Chapter 1 Policy Science and Policy Cycles; The Ambitions of the Policy Sciences; Definition of Public Policy; Understanding Public Policy; Further Readings; Chapter 2 Approaches to Public Policy; Levels, Methods, and Units of Analysis in Social Science Research; Deductive Theories; Inductive Theories; Conclusion; Further Readings; Part II Institutions, Actors, and Instruments; Chapter 3 Policy Actors and Institutions; Integrating Actors and Institutions: The Policy Universe and the Policy Subsystem; International System; Domestic State Systems; Conclusion; Further Readings; Chapter 4 Policy Instruments; Classifying Policy Instruments; Conclusions; Further Readings; Part III The Public Policy Process; Chapter 5 Agenda-Setting: Policy Determinants, Policy Ideas, and Policy Windows; Early Univariate Models of Agenda-Setting; Multivariate Models of Agenda-Setting; Agenda-Setting Styles; Conclusion; Further Readings; Chapter 6 Policy Formulation: Policy Communities and Policy Networks; Types of Policy Alternatives; Policy Subsystems and Policy Formation; Subsystem Structure and Policy Formulation Style; Conclusion: Policy Formation Styles; Further Readings; Chapter 7 Public Policy Decision-Making: Beyond Rationalism and Incrementalism; Authoritative and Non-Authoritative Actors in the Decision-Making Process; Types of Choices: Negative Positive, and Non-Decisions; Models of Public Policy Decision-Making; Classifying Decision-Making Styles; Conclusion; Further Readings; Chapter 8 Policy Implementation: Policy Design and Implementation Styles; Actors and Activities in Policy Implementation; Early Models of Public Policy Implementation; Implementation as Policy Design: Theories of Policy Instrument Choice; Conclusion: Models of Implementation Styles; Further Readings; Chapter 9 Policy Evaluation: Policy Analysis and Policy Learning; Assessing Policy Success or Failure; Actors in the Policy Evaluation Process; Types of Policy Evaluation; The Outcomes of Policy Evaluation: Policy Feedback and Policy Termination; Models of Policy Evalution; Policy Evaluation Styles; Conclusion; Further Readings; Part IV Understanding Policy Change; Chapter 10 Policy Regimes and Policy Dynamics; Long-Term Patterns of Policy-Making; Policy Dynamics: Policy Stability and Policy Change; Conclusion; Further Readings; Chapter 11 Afterword: Still Studying Public Policy; Bibliography; Index