Introducing the policy process -- Elements of the policy making system -- The historical and structural contexts of public policy making -- Official actors and their roles in public policy -- Unofficial actors and their roles in public policy -- Agenda setting, power, and intere…
This book provides students at all levels with an accessible, readable, and affordable introduction to the field of public policy. This fifth edition includes examinations of: the Brexit referendum result and its effects on the UK, European Union, and world politics, as well as …
Now in a thoroughly revised Fifth Edition, An Introduction to the Policy Process provides students at all levels with an accessible, readable, and affordable introduction to the field of public policy. In keeping with prior editions, author Tom Birkland conveys the best current …
"Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive …
In this updated second edition, internationally renowned scholar B. Guy Peters provides a succinct introduction to public policy and illustrates the design approach to policy problems. Peters demonstrates how decision-makers can make more effective choices and why a design appro…
Using Ecuador as a case study, this book explains how presidents achieve market-oriented reforms in a contentious political environment. The author presents a systematic way of thinking about how informal institutions interact with formal ones to affect policy behaviour.
"This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the Institutional Grammar (IG), an approach for analysing the design of institutions. To lay the foundation for the application of the "Grammar" for different application areas, the book first provides a background of the IG, b…
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the Institutional Grammar (IG), an approach for analysing the design of institutions. To lay the foundation for the application of the "Grammar" for different application areas, the book first provides a background of the IG, be…
The Oxford handbook of political networks
The Oxford handbook of political networks