The Hill, Michael J. (Michael James) 1937- creator author. Varone, Frâedâeric author. text bibliography Print books. enk 2021 Eighth edition. monographic eng

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387 pages cm "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"-- Part 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. Michael Hill and Frâedâeric Varone. Includes bibliographical references and index. Policy sciences Bureaucracy H97 .H563 2021 Hill, Michael, bingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021. Eighth edition. (DLC) 2020044562 9780367445348 2020044561 au 201002 20251104090942.0 21742377 eng