Reconsidering Policy
Complexity, Governance and the State
1st Edition
Published on 5. February 2020
256 pages
978-1-4473-3312-8 (ISBN)
Description
For nation-states, the contexts for developing and implementing policy have become more complex and demanding. Yet policy studies have not fully responded to the challenges and opportunities represented by these developments. Governance literature has drawn attention to a globalising and network-based policy world, but politics and the role of the state have been de-emphasised.
This book addresses this imbalance by reconsidering traditional policy-analytic concepts, and re-developing and extending new ones, in a melded approach defined as systemic institutionalism. This links policy with governance and the state and suggests how real-world issues might be substantively addressed.
This book addresses this imbalance by reconsidering traditional policy-analytic concepts, and re-developing and extending new ones, in a melded approach defined as systemic institutionalism. This links policy with governance and the state and suggests how real-world issues might be substantively addressed.
Reviews / Votes
"Crowley et al seek the best of both worlds. By focusing on the contribution of policy theory to policy analysis, they both remove a temptation for scholars to speak only to themselves, and show how to produce practical lessons for problem solving." ? Paul Cairney, University of StirlingMore details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bristol University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Not illustrated
ISBN-13
978-1-4473-3312-8 (9781447333128)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447333128
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Persons
Kate Crowley is Associate Professor at the University of Tasmania. She is widely published on green politics and environmental policy, and has chaired a number of policy advisory councils.
Jenny Stewart is a Visiting Fellow in the School of Business, University of New South Wales Canberra. She has published across a wide range of practical and theoretical policy problems and issues.
Adrian Kay is an Honorary Professor at the Australian National University. His research lies at the intersection of international and comparative public policy, with an empirical focus on public health.
Brian Head is Professor of Policy Analysis at the University of Queensland. He has held senior roles in government and is widely published on public policy, social and environmental policy.
Jenny Stewart is a Visiting Fellow in the School of Business, University of New South Wales Canberra. She has published across a wide range of practical and theoretical policy problems and issues.
Adrian Kay is an Honorary Professor at the Australian National University. His research lies at the intersection of international and comparative public policy, with an empirical focus on public health.
Brian Head is Professor of Policy Analysis at the University of Queensland. He has held senior roles in government and is widely published on public policy, social and environmental policy.
Content
Preface
Reconsidering policy - our agenda
Reconsidering policy systems
Reconsidering institutions
Reconsidering the state
Reconsidering borders
Reconsidering advice and advisory systems
Reconsidering information
Reconsidering implementation
Reconsidering policy change
Reconsidering policy - our agenda revisited
Reconsidering policy - our agenda
Reconsidering policy systems
Reconsidering institutions
Reconsidering the state
Reconsidering borders
Reconsidering advice and advisory systems
Reconsidering information
Reconsidering implementation
Reconsidering policy change
Reconsidering policy - our agenda revisited
