Understanding Policy Success: Rethinking Public Policy

ISBN-13: 9780230239746 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 288 str.

Allan McConnell

Opis

Success and failure are key to any consideration of public policy but there have been remarkably few attempts to assess systematically the various dimensions and complex nature of policy success. This important new text fills the gap by developing a systematic framework and offering an entirely new way of introducing students to policy analysis.

Spis treści

Introduction: The Thorny Problem of Policy Success Perspectives On Success: The State of the Discipline Policy Success: Definitions and Dimensions Dissecting Success: The Spectrum From Success to Failure Complexity: The Problem of Identifying and Measuring Success Framing Success: Claims, Counter-Claims and Agenda Impact Strategies for Policy Making Success: understanding Opportunities and Risks Strategies For Evaluating Success: Understanding Payoffs and Pitfalls Reflections: Cultivating, Sustaining, Learning From and Predicting Success Conclusion: Rethinking Public Policy and Shining a Light in Dark Corners.

O autorze

ALLAN MCCONNELL is Professor of Government at the University of Strathclyde, UK. He teaches and researches at the University of Strathclyde and at the University of Sydney and has published extensively on different aspects of public policy.