
Comparing Policy Networks
Marsh(Author)
Open University Press
Published on 16. July 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-335-19646-3 (ISBN)
Description
Discussions of policy networks are becoming increasingly common in the analysis of public policy in, for instance, the UK, Europe and the USA. However, while there is general agreement that policy networks exist (operating as links between actors within a particular policy domain) there is much less agreement as to the explanatory utility of the concept or the broader significance of the growth of networks.
Comparing Policy Networks addresses the key theoretical questions and pursues the central issue of whether policy networks affect policy outcomes. It examines the utility of the policy network approach by presenting a series of comparative case studies which explore, for example: how networks change; the significance of interpersonal (as compared with structural) links within a network; whether certain groups dominate the network; and what methods are appropriate to study policy networks.
This strongly theoretical and comparative book both pushes forward the debate on policy networks and provides an accessible introduction to this developing field.
Comparing Policy Networks addresses the key theoretical questions and pursues the central issue of whether policy networks affect policy outcomes. It examines the utility of the policy network approach by presenting a series of comparative case studies which explore, for example: how networks change; the significance of interpersonal (as compared with structural) links within a network; whether certain groups dominate the network; and what methods are appropriate to study policy networks.
This strongly theoretical and comparative book both pushes forward the debate on policy networks and provides an accessible introduction to this developing field.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index, references
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
370 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-335-19646-3 (9780335196463)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
David Marsh (ed.) Professor, Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham.
Content
Introduction
the development of the policy network approach
Part one: Theoretical developments
Policy networks
myth, metaphor and reality
The tangled webs we weave
the discourse, strategy and practice of networking
Explaining policy outcomes
Integrating the policy network approach with macro-level and micro-level analysis
Part two: Policy networks in comparative respective
Similar problems, different policies
policy networks and environmental policy in Danish and Swedish agriculture
Offshore health and safety policy in the North Sea
policy networks and policy outcomes in Britain and Norway
Policing policy and policy networks in Britian and New Zealand
Economic policy networks in Leeds and Lille
emerging regimes or public sector alliances
Part three: Policy networks at the European level
Transnational local authority networking within the European Union
passing fashion or new paradigm?
Issue networks and the environment
explaining European Union environmental policy
Conclusion
the utility and future of policy network analysis
References
Index.
the development of the policy network approach
Part one: Theoretical developments
Policy networks
myth, metaphor and reality
The tangled webs we weave
the discourse, strategy and practice of networking
Explaining policy outcomes
Integrating the policy network approach with macro-level and micro-level analysis
Part two: Policy networks in comparative respective
Similar problems, different policies
policy networks and environmental policy in Danish and Swedish agriculture
Offshore health and safety policy in the North Sea
policy networks and policy outcomes in Britain and Norway
Policing policy and policy networks in Britian and New Zealand
Economic policy networks in Leeds and Lille
emerging regimes or public sector alliances
Part three: Policy networks at the European level
Transnational local authority networking within the European Union
passing fashion or new paradigm?
Issue networks and the environment
explaining European Union environmental policy
Conclusion
the utility and future of policy network analysis
References
Index.