Understanding Public Policy : Theories and Issues

ISBN-13: 9781137545190 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 296 str.

Paul Cairney

Opis

and how 'universal' are policy theories designed in the Global North? This book is the perfect companion for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying public policy, whether focussed on theory, analysis or the policy process, and it is essential reading for all those on MPP or MPM programmes.

Spis treści

Preface 1. Introduction to Policy and Policymaking 2. What is Policy and Policymaking? 3. Power and Public Policy 4. Bounded Rationality and the Psychology of Policymaking 5. Institutions and New Institutionalism 6. Structures, Environments, and Complex Systems 7. Collective Action Problems in Public Policy 8. Multi-level Governance and Multi-centric Policymaking 9. Punctuated Equilibrium Theory 10. The Advocacy Coalition Framework 11. Ideas and ‘Multiple Streams’ Analysis 12. Policy Learning and Transfer 13. Conclusion: policy theory as accumulated wisdom.

O autorze

Paul Cairney is Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Stirling, UK.