Public Policy Making
Title | Public Policy Making PDF eBook |
Author | Larry N. Gerston |
Publisher | M.E. Sharpe |
Pages | 178 |
Release | 2015-05-18 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0765627434 |
This brief text identifies the issues, resources, actors, and institutions involved in public policy making and traces the dynamics of the policymaking process, including the triggering of issue awareness, the emergence of an issue on the public agenda, the formation of a policy commitment, and the implementation process that translates policy into practice. Throughout the text, which has been revised and updated, Gerston brings his analysis to life with abundant examples from the most recent and emblematic cases of public policy making. At the same time, with well-chosen references, he places policy analysis in the context of political science and deftly orients readers to the classics of public policy studies. Each chapter ends with discussion questions and suggestions for further reading.
Knowledge to Policy
Title | Knowledge to Policy PDF eBook |
Author | Fred Carden |
Publisher | IDRC |
Pages | 238 |
Release | 2009-04-06 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 8178299305 |
Investigates the effects of research in the field of international development.. Examines the consequences of 23 research projects funded by Canada's International Development Research Centre in developing countries. Shows how research influence public policy and decision-making and how can contribute to better governance.
The Policy-making Process
Title | The Policy-making Process PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Edward Lindblom |
Publisher | Prentice Hall |
Pages | 156 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN |
Introduction to the Policy Process
Title | Introduction to the Policy Process PDF eBook |
Author | Birkland |
Publisher | M.E. Sharpe |
Pages | 362 |
Release | 2015-05-18 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0765627310 |
Thoroughly revised, reorganized, updated, and expanded, this widely-used text sets the balance and fills the gap between theory and practice in public policy studies. In a clear, conversational style, the author conveys the best current thinking on the policy process with an emphasis on accessibility and synthesis rather than novelty or abstraction. A newly added chapter surveys the social, economic, and demographic trends that are transforming the policy environment.
Making Policy in Theory and Practice
Title | Making Policy in Theory and Practice PDF eBook |
Author | Bochel, Hugh |
Publisher | Policy Press |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2007-10-17 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1861349033 |
This volume combines academic and practitioner perspectives to critically consider contemporary policy making and highlight examples of good practice at all levels of government.
Making Policy, Making Law
Title | Making Policy, Making Law PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Carlton Miller |
Publisher | Georgetown University Press |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1589010256 |
This volume proposes a new way of understanding the policymaking process in the United States by examining the complex interactions among the three branches of government, executive, legislative, and judicial. Collectively across the chapters a central theme emerges, that the U.S. Constitution has created a policymaking process characterized by ongoing interaction among competing institutions with overlapping responsibilities and different constituencies, one in which no branch plays a single static part. At different times and under various conditions, all governing institutions have a distinct role in making policy, as well as in enforcing and legitimizing it. This concept overthrows the classic theories of the separation of powers and of policymaking and implementation (specifically the principal-agent theory, in which Congress and the presidency are the principals who create laws, and the bureaucracy and the courts are the agents who implement the laws, if they are constitutional). The book opens by introducing the concept of adversarial legalism, which proposes that the American mindset of frequent legal challenges to legislation by political opponents and special interests creates a policymaking process different from and more complicated than other parliamentary democracies. The chapters then examine in depth the dynamics among the branches, primarily at the national level but also considering state and local policymaking. Originally conceived of as a textbook, because no book exists that looks at the interplay of all three branches, it should also have significant impact on scholarship about national lawmaking, national politics, and constitutional law. Intro., conclusion, and Dodd's review all give good summaries.
Creating Adaptive Policies
Title | Creating Adaptive Policies PDF eBook |
Author | Darren Swanson |
Publisher | IDRC |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 2009-09-04 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 8132101472 |
This title describes the concept of adaptive policymaking and presents seven tools for developing such policies. Based on hundreds of interviews with people impacted by policy and research of over a dozen policy case studies, this book serves as a pragmatic guide for policymakers by elaborating on these seven tools.