Studying Public Policy

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