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Research in public administration and public management has distinctive features that influence the choices and application of research methods. Periods of change and upheaval in the public sector provide ample opportunities and cases for research, but the standard methodologies…
"Kingdon's landmark work on agenda setting and policy formation is drawn from interview conducted with people in and around the U.S. federal government, and from case studies, government documents, party platforms, press coverage, and public opinion surveys. While other works ex…
Scholarship of multi-level governance has developed into one of the most innovative themes of research in political science and public policy. This book presents a review of the wide-ranging literature, encompassing various theoretical and conceptual approaches to multi-level g…
Analyzing 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…
"Planning, public policy, and administration are increasingly challenged by complexity, fragmentation, uncertainty, and global processes. Traditional approaches do not provide solutions to wicked problems. These challenges are stimulating alternative theory and practices around …
Explores a crucial concept in political science Helps to link governance theory with contemporary social science more fully Governance has become one of the most commonly used concepts in contemporary political science. It is, however, often used to mean a variety of different …
The study of governance has risen to prominence as a way of describing and explaining changes in our world. The SAGE Handbook of Governance presents an authoritative and innovative overview of this fascinating field, with particular emphasis on the significant new and emerging t…
