Understanding public policy : theories and issues / Paul Cairney.
By: Cairney, Paul.
Publisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2020Description: xvii, 327 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781137545183.Subject(s): Political planning | Public administrationGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | JF1525.P6 C35 2020 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000019270 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: A Multiple Lens Approach to Policy Change -- What is Public Policy and How Do We Identify Continuity and Change? -- Power, Governance and Decision-Making -- Institutions and Policy Change -- Rationality and Incrementalism -- Structural explanations -- Rational Choice theory -- Multi-level Governance -- Punctuated Equilibrium and Venue Shift -- Advocacy Coalition Framework -- The Role of Ideas, Knowledge and Beliefs -- Policy Transfer -- Implementation, Evaluation and Learning -- Conclusion.
"This book is a new introduction to theories of public policy. The author provides an accessible assessment of a wide range of theories and models from policy cycles, policy transfer, rational choice and socio-economic explanations to multi-level governance, advocacy coalitions and punctuated equilibrium and of their value to policy analysis"--Provided by publisher.