Constraints, choices and public policies
著者
書誌事項
Constraints, choices and public policies
(Research in urban policy, v. 6)
JAI Press, c1996
大学図書館所蔵 全35件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
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  イギリス
  ドイツ
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注記
Includes bibliographical references
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This series focuses on four interrelated processes: population and employment location; political leadership and policy outputs; bureaucratic processes; and citizen preferences. The four processes are joined by public decisions of local government. The focus of the series is thus interdisciplinary and policy-oriented. Adequate technical detail is included for specialists, but simple exposition is encouraged to maintain accessibility for more general readers. This volume evaluates the validity of four theories of public policy making. Two of these theories suggest that governmental decisions are the product of external constraints and are determined either by economic conditions or social needs. According to the other two theories, public policies are determined by political choices which reflect either the ideology of the ruling political party or the self-interests of politicians and bureaucrats. The book develops a framework for evaluating the validity of these theories and applies it to evidence drawn from analyses of local policy variation in the UK. Little of the evidence can be taken at face value because of theoretical and methodological flaws in the empirical studies.
Nevertheless, by subjecting the evidence to critical scrutiny it is possible to draw conclusions on both the empirical validity of the theories and their logical coherence. It is concluded that economic conditions are a more important constraint than service needs, and that the basis of a political choice is partly ideology rather than the narrow self-interest of policy makers. In addition, it is shown that methodological constraints and choices shape the apparent validity of theories, just as much as economic constraints and political choices influence the content of public policies.
目次
- Evaluating policy theories
- service needs
- economic constraints
- parity ideology
- rational self-interest.
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