Handbook Of Public Policy

Description:
'The new handbook by Peters and Pierre provides an invaluable addition to the literature. It offers new scholars and practitioners a means to navigate many of the complex theoretical and practical issues in contemporary policy analysis' - Mark Considine, University of Melbourne. The public policies of governments affect the lives and livelihoods of citizens every day in every country around the world. This handbook provides a comprehensive review and guide to the study, theory and practice of public policy today. Section One, Making Policy, introduces the policy making process - the means by which public policies are formulated, adopted and implemented - and serves to review the many competing conceptualizations within the field. Section Two, Substantive Policy Areas, focuses on a number of substantive policy areas to consider both diversity and commonalties across different sectoral policy areas.Section Three, Evaluating Public Policy, addresses issues of policy analysis more directly and assesses successes and failures in public policy in an attempt to answer the question 'what is good policy?' The concluding chapter considers the different disciplinary contributions to the research and study of public policy both retrospectively and prospectively. Drawing contributions from leading academics and policy analysts from around the world, the handbook illustrates the changing role of governments vis-a-vis the public and private sector and the different policy actors (national and international, governmental and non-governmental) involved in the policy making process. It will be an essential companion for all advanced undergraduates, graduates, academics and practitioners across public policy and public administration, public management, government and political science.

Table of Contents:
Introduction - B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre MAKING POLICY The Three Action Levels of Governance: Reframing the policy process beyond the stages model - Peter L. Hupe and Michael Hill The Policy Sciences: Past, Present, and Future - Peter deLeon and Christine R. Martell Behavioral Rationality and the Policy Process - Bryan D. Jones, Graeme Boushey and Samuel Workman Policy Design - Davis B. Bobrow Networks and Bargaining in Policy Analysis - Peter Bogason Concepts and Theories of Horizontal Policy Management - B. Guy Peters Budgeting - Irene S. Rubin Implementation - Soren C. Winter SUBSTANTIVE POLICY AREAS Constitution and Rights - John Uhr Social Policy: Pensions - Helen Fawcett Social Policy: Is there a Crisis in the Welfare State? - Harold L. Wilensky Health Policy - Michael Moran Education Policy - Susan Marton Environmental policy - Christoph Knill Cultural Policy - Kevin V. Mulcahy Tax Policy - B. Guy Peters Industrial Policy in Developed Nations - Richard D. Bingham Agriculture and Food - Wyn Grant Transportation and Infrastructure - Kenneth Button Foreign Policy - Walter Carlsnaes Criminal Justice Policy - Tim Newburn Privatisation by Divestment - Ian Thynne EVALUATING POLICY Evaluation Research - Evert Verdung Efficiency and Cost-Benefit Analysis - Aiden R. Vining and David L. Weimer Ethics and Public Policy - Gary Bryner Performance and Performance Management - Geert Bouckaert and John Halligan Constructivist Approaches to Public Policy - Herbert Gottweiss Disciplinary Perspectives - Jon Pierre