Public Policy
A Comprehensive Introduction
1st Edition
Published on 15. March 2018
300 pages
978-80-246-3570-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides an up-to-date, comprehensive, synoptic, and easy-to-grasp account of the state of public policy as a field. Both a scholar and a Czech policy maker, Martin Potucek draws on his vast and diverse experience to offer descriptions of public policy's normative and conceptual foundations, stages, actors, and institutions, as well as fifteen of the most frequently used public policy theories. Featuring illustrative empirical case studies, this innovative guide shows how these theories can be applied to making public policy. With particular insight into the importance of cultural context and historical legacies for policy making in post-Communist Europe, Public Policy provides nuanced, expert insight into the difficulties of public policy discourse and reform.
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Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Introduction
- Overview of the public policy theories presented
- List of Abbreviations
- PART A
- /A1/ Public Interest and Public Policy
- WHAT IS MEANT BY PUBLIC INTEREST?
- WHAT IS MEANT BY PUBLIC POLICY?
- THE EMERGENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC POLICY AS A SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE: A HISTORY
- RELATION OF PUBLIC POLICY TO OTHER DISCIPLINES
- DEFINING PUBLIC POLICY AS A SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE
- POLITY, POLICY, POLITICS
- PUBLIC POLICY AS SOCIAL PRACTICE
- FOUNDING FATHERS AND FOLLOWERS
- FUTURE PERSPECTIVES OF THE DISCIPLINE
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- SOURCES
- /A2/ Values in Public Policy
- VALUES IN POLITY
- HUMAN RIGHTS
- POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES
- HOW INSTITUTIONS ARE SHAPED BY POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES
- VALUES IN POLICY
- THE CRITERION OF QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF LIFE
- VALUES IN POLITICS
- EXAMPLE THEORY: HISTORICAL INSTITUTIONALISM
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- SOURCES
- /A3/ Governance
- THE CONCEPT OF GOVERNANCE
- DIMENSIONS OF GOVERNANCE
- MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE
- GOVERNMENT, MARKET, THE CIVIC SECTOR - AND THE MEDIA
- GOVERNMENT
- MARKET
- CIVIC SECTOR
- EXAMPLE THEORY: CORPORATISM
- THE MARKET-GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP
- MEDIA
- REGULATORS UNDER CHANGE
- ACTORS' NETWORKS
- EXAMPLE THEORY: POLICY NETWORKS
- SOCIALLY PATHOLOGICAL FORMS OF REGULATION
- CAPACITIES OF GOVERNANCE IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- SOURCES
- /A4/ Actors and Institutions
- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACTORS AND INSTITUTIONS
- POLITICAL PARTIES
- GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
- THINK-TANKS
- INSTITUTIONS
- EXAMPLE THEORY: ACTOR-CENTERED INSTITUTIONALISM
- ARENAS
- AGENDAS
- EXAMPLE THEORY: ACTORS GENERATING AGENDAS IN ARENAS (A-A-A MODEL)
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- SOURCES
- /A5/ Public Policy Instruments
- INQUIRY
- PROGRAMMING DOCUMENTS
- LAW AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
- ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS
- PUBLIC REVENUES
- PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
- PUBLIC BUDGETS
- SUBSIDIES, GRANTS, BENEFITS, LOANS, ALLOWANCES, COUPONS
- PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES
- INSTRUMENTS OF POWER
- INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION INSTRUMENTS
- EXAMPLE THEORY: ADVOCACY COALITION FRAMEWORK
- EXAMPLE THEORY: DISCURSIVE INSTITUTIONALISM
- APPLICATION OF POLICY INSTRUMENTS - HARMONY, DISHARMONY, IMPROVISATION?
- PUBLIC POLICIES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- SOURCES
- /A6/ Public Policy Process. The Stage of Problem Delimitation and Problem Recognition
- PUBLIC POLICY AS A PROCESS
- EXAMPLE THEORY: A STAGE MODEL OF THE POLICY CYCLE
- THE STAGE OF PROBLEM DELIMITATION AND RECOGNITION
- WHAT IS A PROBLEM?
- WHAT IS A SOCIAL PROBLEM?
- WHAT IS A POLICY PROBLEM?
- PROBLEM DELIMITATION IN PUBLIC POLICY
- PROBLEM RECOGNITION IN PUBLIC POLICY
- EXAMPLE THEORY: AGENDA SETTING
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- SOURCES
- /A7/Policy Formulation, Decisionmaking
- DECISION-MAKING: RATIONALIST VERSUS INCREMENTALIST MODELS
- POSSIBILITIES OF POLICY CHANGE
- STRUCTURE OF DECISION-MAKING
- DECISION-MAKING IN POLICY SUBSYSTEMS
- DECISION MAKERS
- EXAMPLE THEORY: VETO PLAYERS
- EXAMPLE THEORY: MULTIPLE STREAMS
- WHO IS AFFECTED BY DECISIONS?
- STRATEGIC DECISION-MAKING
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- SOURCES
- /A8/ Policy Implementation
- THEORETICAL MODELS OF IMPLEMENTATION
- CRITICAL FACTORS OF IMPLEMENTATION
- IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS
- IMPLEMENTATION DIFFICULTIES
- EXAMPLE THEORY: BUREAUCRACY
- EXAMPLE THEORY: PRINCIPAL-AGENT THEORY (AS EXEMPLIFIED ON POLITICO-ADMINISTRATIVE RELATIONS)
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- SOURCES
- /A9/ Policy Evaluation
- A GENERAL FRAMEWORK FOR POLICY EVALUATION
- THE BASIS OF EVALUATION: CRITERIA, INDICATORS
- WHAT WE EVALUATE
- WHEN WE EVALUATE
- EVALUATION METHODS
- EXAMPLE THEORY: RATIONAL CHOICE
- DIFFICULTIES OF POLICY EVALUATION
- CAVEAT: A WARNING AND A CHALLENGE
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- SOURCES
- /A10/ How to UnderstandPublic Policy
- DIFFICULTIES OF A SCIENTIFIC EXAMINATION OF POLICIES
- GUIDELINES FOR THE EXAMINATION PROCESS
- SOLVING A COGNITIVE TASK
- CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS
- CHOICE OF THEORY (THEORIES)
- MODELING
- METHODS OF POLICY ANALYSIS AND POLICY MAKING
- CAVEAT: A WARNING AND A CHALLENGE
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- SOURCES
- Literature - Part A
- Journals and Internet Sources
- English-Czech Glossary of Public Policy Terms
- List of Tables - Part A
- List of Figures - Part A
- PART B
- Introduction to Part B
- Terminology of the Pillars in the Czech Pension System
- /B1/ Historical Overview of Pension Systems in the World and in the Czech Republic
- HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF PENSION SYSTEMS IN THE WORLD
- HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THE PENSION SYSTEM IN THE TERRITORY OF TODAY'S CZECH REPUBLIC
- AUSTRIA-HUNGARY (UNTIL 1918)
- INTERWAR CZECHOSLOVAKIA (1918-1938)
- CZECHOSLOVAKIA (1945-1989)
- CZECHOSLOVAKIA (1990-1992)
- THE CZECH REPUBLIC
- 1993-1998
- 1998-2006
- 2006-2010
- 2010-2013
- 2014-2017
- SOURCES
- RECOMMENDED SOURCES
- /B2/ The Role of Politicians and Experts in the Preparation of Czech Pension Reform
- ANALYTICAL APPROACH
- HYPOTHESES
- THE THEORY OF DISCURSIVE INSTITUTIONALISM
- METHOD OF FRAME ANALYSIS
- A HISTORY OF INSTITUTIONS AND DISCOURSES
- THE EXECUTIVE TEAM AND TEAM OF EXPERTS (BEZDEK COMMISSION I)
- EXPERT ADVISORY FORUM PES (BEZDEK COMMISSION II)
- NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL OF THE GOVERNMENT - NERV
- EXPERT GROUP: GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION PARTY (EG)
- THE EXPERT COMMITTEE ON PENSION REFORM (OK)
- CONCLUSIONS
- SOURCES
- LEGISLATION
- /B3/ Czech Pension Reform: How to Reconcile Equivalence with Fiscal Discipline
- THEORY AND METHODS
- ACTOR-CENTERED INSTITUTIONALISM
- ACTORS' BEHAVIOR
- THE THEORY OF THE POLICY CYCLE
- ANALYSIS - INSTITUTIONS AND ACTORS
- INSTITUTIONS
- ACTORS
- THE PLAINTIFF
- THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
- THE MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC (MPSV)
- THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS (VÚPSV)
- POLITICAL PARTIES
- SOCIAL PARTNERS
- CZECH SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (CSSZ)
- ACTOR CONSTELLATION
- MODES OF INTERACTION
- ANALYSIS - PHASES OF THE POLICY CYCLE
- PHASE OF PROBLEM DELIMITATION AND RECOGNITION
- STATEMENTS OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, SENATE AND MPSV REQUESTED BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
- DECISION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
- DECISION-MAKING PHASE
- RESPONSE TO THE DECISION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
- PROPOSAL BY THE MPSV
- DEBATE IN THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES
- DEBATE IN THE SENATE
- DECISION OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES
- PRESIDENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
- PHASE OF IMPLEMENTATION
- PHASE OF EVALUATION
- CONCLUSION
- SOURCES
- LEGISLATION
- /B4/ Rivalry of Advocacy Coalitions in the Czech Pension Reform
- ADVOCACY COALITION FRAMEWORK (ACF) THEORY
- ESTABLISHMENT AND TERMINATION OF A FULLY FUNDED, DEFINED CONTRIBUTION "SECOND PILLAR": AN ACF PERSPECTIVE
- FORMATION OF AN ADVOCACY COALITION SUPPORTING THE INTRODUCTION OF A SECOND PILLAR (AC1)
- FORMATION OF AN ADVOCACY COALITION REFUSING THE SECOND PILLAR (AC2)
- THE LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE
- AFTER THE GENERAL ELECTION - DISINTEGRATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF THE ADVOCACY COALITIONS
- DISCUSSION
- CONCLUSION
- SOURCES
- LEGISLATION
- /B5/ Pensions Basics
- FINANCING PENSIONS
- CALCULATION OF BENEFITS
- NATURE OF PARTICIPATION
- INDEXATION OF BENEFITS
- TYPES OF PENSION REFORMS
- PARAMETRIC REFORMS
- PARADIGMATIC REFORMS
- SOURCES
- RECOMMENDED SOURCES
- Literature - Part B
- List of Tables - Part B
- List of Figures - Part B
- Subject Index (relating to part A)
- Personal Index (relating to part A)
