Understanding the policy process : analysing welfare policy and practice

Author(s)

• Hudson, John
• Lowe, Stuart

Bibliographic Information

Understanding the policy process : analysing welfare policy and practice

John Hudson and Stuart Lowe

（Understanding welfare : social issues, policy and practice）

Policy Press, 2009

2nd ed

• : hardcover
• : paperback

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: paperback ISBN 9781847422675

Description

This book draws on the latest social science to explain how and why social policy change occurs. Built on core concepts of policy analysis, it offers a robust framework for understanding policy change that can be applied to any aspect of welfare or social policy. Unlike most work in this field, the book deftly mixes theory and practice even including discussions of key theorists. This third edition brings the book fully up to date and will ensure that it remains the standard textbook in the field for years to come.

Table of Contents

• Introduction: what is policy analysis? Part One: Macro-level Analysis: Globalisation
• Political economy
• The post-industrial economy
• Technological change
• Structures of power
• Part Two: Meso-level Analysis: The changing nature of governance
• Policy networks
• Institutions
• Policy transfer
• Part Three: Micro-level Analysis: Decision making and personality
• Implementation and delivery
• Evaluation and evidence
• Conclusions: policy analysis and welfare states.

Volume

: hardcover ISBN 9781847422682

Description

This book draws on the latest and best social science to explain how and why social policy change occurs. Focusing on the policy making process as the key to change, it uses core concepts of policy analysis, one in each chapter, to build up a fully worked explanation of social policy change and to equip readers with knowledge that can be applied to any aspect of welfare policy and public and social policy more generally. This second edition of the book updates the bestselling first edition for the post-Blair era with international case studies from numerous countries. "Understanding the Policy Process": introduces the main themes of the policy analysis literature; demonstrates the centrality of the policy making process to an understanding of the operational possibilities and limits of social policy; takes account of macro-, meso- and micro-level approaches to social policy analysis; uses clear explanations of key concepts, up-to-date illustrative case studies and examples to increase students' understanding of the theory and practice of policy analysis; and, uses a comparative approach.

Table of Contents

• Introduction: what is policy analysis? Part One: Macro-level Analysis: Globalisation
• Political economy
• The post-industrial economy
• Technological change
• Structures of power
• Part Two: Meso-level Analysis: The changing nature of governance
• Policy networks
• Institutions
• Policy transfer
• Part Three: Micro-level Analysis: Decision making and personality
• Implementation and delivery
• Evaluation and evidence
• Conclusions: policy analysis and welfare states.

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Details

• NCID: BA90009888
• ISBN:
  • 9781847422682
  • 9781847422675
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Bristol
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 336 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • DC22 : 361.610941
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Public welfare -- Great Britain
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Social policy -- 1979-
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA62638808