The Public Policy Process (Paperback, 3rd Edition)

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

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Michael Hill • Frédéric Varone • Frederic Varone
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	400
Edition:	3rd Edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-44534-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Ownership & organization of enterprises > Public ownership / nationalization Promotions Books > Promotion > Routledge Politics
LSN:	0-367-44534-4
Barcode:	9780367445348

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