Studying Public Policy
Principles and Processes
4th Edition
Published on 17. March 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-19-902614-2 (ISBN)
Description
Studying Public Policy develops an analytical framework that will enable students to study public policy more effectively. The first of the books three parts examines different approaches to studying public policy by providing inventories of the relevant types of policy actors, structures, and ideas involved in public policy-making. Part Two then breaks down the policy process into the five sub-processes or sub-stages set out in the policy cycle model and analyzes the variables affecting each stage. Part Three concludes the text with a general commentary on the nature of policy change and stability.
More details
Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
6 figures; 29 tables
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
583 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-902614-2 (9780199026142)
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Persons
Michael Howlett is Canada Research Chair in Policy and Innovation for Climate Change and Burnaby Mountain Chair and Professor of Political Science at Simon Fraser University.
M. Ramesh is UNESCO Chair of Social Policy Design in Asia and a Professor at the Lew Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.
Anthony Perl is a Professor and the Director of the Urban Studies Program at Simon Fraser University.
M. Ramesh is UNESCO Chair of Social Policy Design in Asia and a Professor at the Lew Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.
Anthony Perl is a Professor and the Director of the Urban Studies Program at Simon Fraser University.
Content
Note: Each chapter includes: - Study Questions - Further Readings List of Figures Acknowledgments Part I: Methodology, Theory, and Context in Public Policy Research 1: Studying Public: Why and How 2: Understanding Public Policy: Theoretical Approaches 3: The Policy Context: States and Societies Part II: The Five Stages of the Policy Cycle 4: Agenda-Setting: Definition and Problematics 5: Policy Formulation: Identifying and Assessing Policy Alternatives 6: 6. Public Policy Decision-Making: Policy Selection and Choice 7: 7. Policy Implementation: Putting Policies into Effect 8: 8. Policy Evaluation: Policy-Making as Learning Part III: Long-Term Policy Dynamics 9: Patterns of Policy Change: Between Punctuations and Increments Notes References Index