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The public policy process

Michael Hill and Frédéric Varone

Routledge, 2021

8th ed

  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-370) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The Public Policy Process is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the process by which public policy is made. Explaining clearly the importance of the relationship between theoretical and practical aspects of policymaking, the book gives a thorough overview of the people and organisations involved in the process. Fully revised and updated for an eighth edition, The Public Policy Process provides: Clear exploration, using many illustrations, of how policy is made and implemented; Examines challenges to effective policy making in critical areas - such as inequality and climate change - including the influence of powerful interests and the Covid-19 pandemic; New material on unequal democracies, interest groups influence, behavioural policy analysis, global policies and evidence-based decision making; Additional European and comparative international examples. This text is essential reading for students of public policy, public administration and management, as well as more broadly highly relevant to related courses in health and nursing, social welfare, environment, development and local government.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Policy Theories 1. Studying the policy process 2. Theories of power and the policy process 3. Interests and groups 4. Institutional theory 5. Comparative policy process studies 6. Integrating theoretical approaches Part 2: Analysis of the Policy Process 7. Policy and politics 8. Agenda setting 9. Policy formulation 10. Implementation: an overview 11. Bureaucracy: organisational structures and processes 12. Discretion, rules and street-level bureaucracy 13. The policy process in the age of governance 14. Conclusion: evaluation and accountability

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Details

  • NCID
    BC03250159
  • ISBN
    • 9780367445362
  • LCCN
    2020044561
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Abingdon
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 388 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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