Public Policy: Introduction To The Theory And Practice Of Pol

Description: Table of Contents:
Part 1 Meta analysis: 'public' and 'policy' as concepts; the development of the policy approach; kinds of policy analysts and policy analysis; varieties of analytical frameworks; philosophical frameworks; analysis and the policy process; models, maps and metaphors; paradigms lost and found - shifts in the focus and frameworks of policy analysis; stages and cycles - mapping the policy process. Part 2 Meso analysis: social problem approaches; public opinion and public policy; theories of agenda control; typologies of policy issues; pluralism, non-decision-making and the third dimension of power; neo-marxist and critical approaches; knowledge and the policy agenda; policies and problems as symbols; policy networks, streams, advocacy coalitions and punctuated equilibrium; analyzing the boundaries; globalization and policymaking - the international parameters. Part 3 Decision analysis: decision-making - frameworks and disciplinary contexts; power approaches to decision-making; rationality and decision-making; the public choice approach to decision-making; institutional approaches; personality, cognition and information processing in decision-making; policy analysis and public decisions; rational decision-making and the quest for knowledgeable governance; critiques of policy analysis. Part 4 Delivery analysis: the arrangement of part four; implementation; delivery systems; evaluation; change and continuity in policy-making; promise and performance - evaluating impact and outcomes; conclusions - beyond delivery and towards democratization.