Michael Howlett (Professor, Political Science, Professor, Political, M. Ramesh (Professor, Professor, Lew Kuan Yew School of Public Poli, Anthony Perl (Professor, Political Science, Professor, Political Sc

Studying Public Policy

Principles and Processes

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Produktbeschreibung

Studying Public Policy develops an analytical framework of the subject for students in public policy courses. Instead of focussing on the substantive policy of a particular policy area, the book examines the theoretical and conceptual foundations of, and approaches used in, the policy sciences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, Canada
• 4 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 582g
• ISBN-13: 9780199026142
• ISBN-10: 0199026149
• Artikelnr.: 58849694

Autorenporträt

Michael Howlett is Canada Research Chair in Policy and Innovation for Climate Change and Burnaby Mountain Chair and Professor of Political Science at Simon Fraser University. M. Ramesh is UNESCO Chair of Social Policy Design in Asia and a Professor at the Lew Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. Anthony Perl is a Professor and the Director of the Urban Studies Program at Simon Fraser University.

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgments
* Part I - Methodology, Theory, and Context in Public Policy Research
* Chapter 1 Studying Public Policy: Why and How
* Public Policy Defined
* Methodological Considerations for Studying Public Policy
* The Policy Cycle Framework: A Problem-Solving Model of the Policy
Process
* The Need for Public Policy Capacity
* Identifying and Studying Policy Styles and Policy Regimes
* Overview of the Book
* Study Questions
* Further Readings
* Chapter 2 Understanding Public Policy: Theoretical Approaches
* Evolution of the Policy Sciences
* Approaches to Public Policy Analysis: Positivism and Post-Positivism
Revisited
* Positivist Approaches to Policy Analysis
* Post-Positivist Approaches to Policy Analysis
* Reconciling the Positivist and Post-Positivist Approaches
* Approaches to Public Policy Studies: Multi-Level, Multi-Disciplinary
* Public Choice
* Class Analysis
* Pluralism
* Corporatism
* Neo-institutionalism
* Statism
* Conclusion
* Study Questions
* Further Readings
* Chapter 3 The Policy Context: States and Societies
* Institutions, Ideas, and Actors in Public Policy
* The Role of Policy Ideas: Paradigms, Public Sentiments, Symbolic
Frames, and Program Ideas
* The Political-Economic Context
* Capitalism
* Liberalism
* Democracy
* Policy-Making in the Liberal-Democratic Capitalist State
* Political-Economic Structures and Public Policy-Making
* Political Systems and Public Policy
* Domestic Policy Actors
* The International System and Public Policy
* Policy Subsystems and Policy Regimes: Integrating Institutions,
Ideas, and Actors
* Policy Subsystems
* Conclusion
* Study Questions
* Further Readings
* Part II - The Five Stages of the Policy Cycle
* Chapter 4 Agenda-Setting: Definition and Problematics
* What Is Agenda-Setting?
* Issue Initiation
* Issue Expansion
* Agenda-Entrance
* The Problematics of Agenda-Setting: Issue-Attention Dynamics
* Issue-Attention in Governments and Society
* Problems versus Conditions
* Problem Tractability
* Other Dilemmas of Policy Problems
* The Substance of Agenda-Setting: Problem Construction
* Objective Construction: Convergence Theory and Political Business
Cycles
* Subjective Construction: Ideas and Discourses
* Gauging Problem Severity: Indicators and Measures
* Actors and Tasks in Agenda-Setting
* Epistemic Communities
* Instrument Constituencies
* Advocacy Coalitions
* Policy Entrepreneurs and Policy Brokers
* Theories of Agenda-Setting: Ideas, Actors, and Structures
* Funnels of Causality
* Modes of Agenda-Setting
* The Multiple Streams Model and Its Evolution
* Conclusion: A Policy Subsystem Conception of Agenda-Setting
* Study Questions
* Further Readings
* Chapter 5 Policy Formulation: Identifying and Assessing Policy
Alternatives
* What Is Policy Formulation?
* The Problematics of Policy Formulation
* Procedural and Substantive Capacity Limits
* Context in Policy Formulation: Design and Non-Design Orientations
* The Substance of Policy Formulation: Selecting Policy Tools
* Nodality, or Information-Based Policy Tools
* Authority-Based Policy Tools
* Treasure-Based Policy Tools
* Organization-Based Policy Tools
* The Formulation Challenge: Mixing and Bundling Policy Tools
* Actors in Policy Formulation
* Policy Advisors and Policy Advisory Systems
* Instrument Constituencies
* Modelling Policy Formulation
* Conclusion: Policy Formulation - Opening up the Black Box
* Study Questions
* Further Readings
* Chapter 6 Decision-Making in Public Policy: Policy Selection and
Choice
* What Is Decision-Making in the Public Sector?
* Problematics of Decision-Making: An Unknown Future and Risks of
Failure
* Over- and Under-Reactions
* Uncertainty, Ambiguity, Ignorance, and Incompetence
* The Substance of Decision-Making: Seeking Advice and Evidence about
Policy Choices
* Policy Analysis
* Evidence-Based Decision-Making
* The Nature of Policy Choices: Negative, Positive, and Non-Decisions
* Actors in the Decision-Making Process
* Executive, Legislators, Judges, and Administrative Officials
* Policy Networks
* Theories of Decision-Making
* Early Rational and Incremental Models
* The Comprehensive and Bounded-Rationality Models
* Incremental Model
* Mixed-Scanning Models
* Garbage Can Models
* "Decision Accretion" Model
* Conclusion: Revisiting Public Policy Decision-Making Modes
* Study Questions
* Further Readings
* Chapter 7 Policy Implementation: Putting Policies into Effect
* What Is Policy Implementation?
* Policy Implementation Barriers: Perfect Implementation and the
Anatomy of Failure
* Barriers to Policy Implementation Originating in the Policy Context
* Overcoming Policy Implementation Challenges: Understanding Policy
Behaviour and the Foundations of Compliance
* Tools, Targets and Policy Compliance
* Uncertainty: The Need to Deal with Implementation Surprises
* Implementation Capacities
* Actors and Activities in Policy Implementation
* How Multiple Streams Influence Actors During Implementation
* The Problem Stream
* The Policy Stream
* The Politics Stream
* The Process Stream
* The Program Stream
* Implementation Theories: Seeking and Informing the Logic Behind
Program Design
* First Generation: Borrowing from Public Administration
* Second Generation: Borrowing from Organization Theory
* Third Generation: Rationalist Theories and Game Theories
* Fourth Generation Implementation Theory: Taking Capacity Seriously
* Conclusion: Implementation Styles and Long-Term Instrument
Preferences
* Study Questions
* Further Readings
* Chapter 8 Policy Evaluation: Policy-Making as Learning
* What Is Policy Evaluation?
* Definition
* History
* Perspectives on Evaluation: Positivist and Post-Positivist
* Approaches to Evaluation: Administrative and Political
* Policy Evaluation as Policy Learning
* Actors in the Policy Evaluation Process
* Internal Evaluators
* External Evaluators
* Types of Policy Evaluation
* Process Evaluation
* Impact Evaluation
* Evaluating and Assessing Policy Success and Failure
* Assessing the Results of Policy Evaluation
* Evaluation Criteria
* Dealing with the Results of Evaluation: Policy Feedback and Policy
Termination
* Linking Policy Evaluation and Learning: Evaluation Styles in
Government
* Conclusion: The Role of Evaluation in the Policy Cycle
* Study Questions
* Further Readings
* Part III - Long-Term Policy Dynamics
* Chapter 9 Patterns of Policy Change: Between Punctuations and
Increments
* The Outcomes of Policy Succession
* Policy Feedback
* Policy Termination
* Types of Policy Change
* Normal Policy Change
* Atypical Policy Change
* Punctuated Equilibrium: Linking Normal and Atypical Policy Change
* The Continued Contemporary Relevance of Studying Public Policy: Can
the Policy Cycle Model Cope with Challenges from "Truthiness"?
* Conclusion
* Study Questions
* Further Readings
* Notes
* References
* Index