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Full Description
This fully revised second edition offers a comprehensive examination of the policy process through a range of perspectives, including rationalism, culturalism, institutionalism, and political analysis. By combining these perspectives, the book enhances our understanding of the complex challenges that today's policymakers face and promotes a reflexive approach to policy practice. It enables students to discover key concepts and gain a deeper understanding of how public policy is discussed academically and shaped empirically.
Key Features:
Coverage of all key elements of the policy cycle
Critical reflections on the roles of policy analysts
Insight into the complexity of policymaking in practice
Up-to-date review of the literature on the policy process
Fresh case studies on topics including migration, water management, social policies, and climate change.
Providing an insight into the complexity of policymaking in today's world, this engaging textbook is an invaluable resource for undergraduate and master's students of public policy, policy analysis and public administration.
Contents
Contents
1 Policy, politics and governance: an introduction
2 Policymaking in a changing world
3 Four perspectives on the policy process
4 Policy problems and agenda setting
5 Formulating and designing policies
6 Decision-making on policies
7 Implementing policies into practice
8 Evaluating public policy
9 Policy dynamics: learning, change and innovation
10 Toward a reflective policy practice
