02952cam a22003858i 450000100090000000300070000900500170001600800410003301000170007402000300009102000310012102000270015203500130017904000210019204200080021305000200022110000550024124500730029625000200036926000090038926300090039826400560040730000170046333600260048033700280050633800270053450400510056150505600061252011330117265000210230565000170232665500240234370000370236777601620240421742377US-DLC20251104090942.0201002s2021 enk b 001 0 eng a 2020044561 z9780367445362q(hardback) a9780367445348q(paperback) z9781003010203q(ebook) a21742377 aaubengerdacau apcc00aH97b.H563 20211 aHill, Michael J.q(Michael James),d1937-eauthor.14aThe public policy process /cMichael Hill and Frâedâeric Varone. aEighth edition. c2021 a2102 1aAbingdon, Oxon ;aNew York, NY :bRoutledge,c2021. a387 pages cm atextbtxt2rdacontent aunmediatedbn2rdamedia avolumebnc2rdacarrier aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aPart 1 Policy Theories -- Studying the policy process -- Theories of power and the policy process -- Interests and groups -- Institutional theory -- Comparative policy process Studies -- Integrating theoretical approaches -- Part 2 Analysis of the Policy Process -- Policy and politics -- Agenda setting -- Policy formulation -- Implementation: an overview -- Bureaucracy: organisational structures and processes -- Discretion, rules and street-level bureaucracy -- The policy process in the age of governance -- Conclusion: evaluation and accountability. a"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 8th 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"-- 0aPolicy sciences. 0aBureaucracy. 0aPrint books.2local1 aVarone, Frâedâeric,eauthor.08iOnline version:aHill, Michael,tThe public policy processbEighth edition.dbingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.z9781003010203w(DLC) 2020044562