Description
Book SynopsisStudying Public Policy develops an analytical framework that will enable students to study public policy more effectively. The first of the books three parts examines different approaches to studying public policy by providing inventories of the relevant types of policy actors, structures, and ideas involved in public policy-making. Part Two then breaks down the policy process into the five sub-processes or sub-stages set out in the policy cycle model and analyzes the variables affecting each stage. Part Three concludes the text with a general commentary on the nature of policy change and stability.
Table of ContentsNote: Each chapter includes: - Study Questions - Further Readings List of Figures Acknowledgments Part I: Methodology, Theory, and Context in Public Policy Research 1: Studying Public: Why and How 2: Understanding Public Policy: Theoretical Approaches 3: The Policy Context: States and Societies Part II: The Five Stages of the Policy Cycle 4: Agenda-Setting: Definition and Problematics 5: Policy Formulation: Identifying and Assessing Policy Alternatives 6: 6. Public Policy Decision-Making: Policy Selection and Choice 7: 7. Policy Implementation: Putting Policies into Effect 8: 8. Policy Evaluation: Policy-Making as Learning Part III: Long-Term Policy Dynamics 9: Patterns of Policy Change: Between Punctuations and Increments Notes References Index
