Providing a comprehensive review and guide to the study, theory and practice of public policy, this handbook draws together contributions from leading academics and policy analysts from around the world.
Talks about the arguments of Christopher Hood's classic work "The Tools of Government for the Twenty-First Century". This work includes coverage of how government gets information and an assessment of how the tools available to government have changed over time especially with d…
Analysing emerging practices of collaboration in planning and public policy to overcome the challenges complexity, fragmentation and uncertainty, the authors present a new theory of collaborative rationality, to help make sense of the new practices. They enquire in detail into h…
This textbook uses modern political economy to introduce students of political science, government, economics, and public policy to the politics of the policymaking process. The book's distinct political economy approach has two virtues. By developing general principles for thin…
Thoroughly revised, reorganized, updated, and expanded, this widely-used text sets the balance and fills the gap between theory and practice in public policy studies. In a clear, conversational style, the author conveys the best current thinking on the policy process with an emp…
For courses in Public Policy An introduction to public policy that helps students learn how to think critically about politics. Understanding Public Policy provides an introduction to the study of public policy, as well as an overview of the models that political scientists use …
