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The Oxford handbook of public policy

This is part of a ten volume set of reference books offering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of the state of political science. This work explores the business end of politics, where theory meets practice in the pursuit of public good
eBook, English, 2008
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2008
Handboeken (vorm)
1 online resource (xii, 983 pages) : illustrations
9780191577413, 9780199548453, 9780191563386, 0191577413, 0199548455, 0191563382
489139165
About the Contributorsix
PART I Introduction
The Public and its Policies
3(36)
Robert E. Goodin
Martin Rein
Michael Moran
PART II Institutional And Historical Background
The Historical Roots of the Field
39(19)
Peter Deleon
Emergence of Schools of Public Policy: Reflections by a Founding Dean
58(22)
Graham Allison
Training for Policy Makers
80(29)
Yehezkel Dror
PART III Modes Of Policy Analysis
Policy Analysis as Puzzle Solving
109(15)
Christopher Winship
Policy Analysis as Critical Listening
124(28)
John Forester
Policy Analysis as Policy Advice
152(17)
Richard Wilson
Policy Analysis for Democracy
169(21)
Helen Ingram
Anne L. Schneider
Policy Analysis as Critique
190(17)
John S. Dryzek
PART IV Producing Public Policy
The Origins of Policy
207(21)
Edward C. Page
Agenda Setting
228(23)
Giandomenico Majone
Ordering through Discourse
251(18)
Maarten Hajer
David Laws
Arguing, Bargaining, and Getting Agreement
269(27)
Lawrence Susskind
Policy Impact
296(23)
Karel Van Den Bosch
Bea Cantillon
The Politics of Policy Evaluation
319(17)
Mark Bovens
Paul 'T Hart
Sanneke Kuipers
Policy Dynamics
336(31)
Eugene Bardach
Learning in Public Policy
367(22)
Richard Freeman
Reframing Problematic Policies
389(20)
Martin Rein
PART V Instruments Of Policy
Policy in Practice
409(16)
David Laws
Maarten Hajer
Policy Network Analysis
425(23)
R. A. W. Rhodes
Smart Policy?
448(21)
Tom Christensen
The Tools of Government in the Information Age
469(13)
Christopher Hood
Policy Analysis as Organizational Analysis
482(14)
Barry L. Friedman
Public-Private Collaboration
496(33)
John D. Donahue
Richard J. Zeckhauser
PART VI Constraints ON Public Policy
Economic Constraints on Public Policy
529(14)
John Quiggin
Political Feasibility: Interests and Power
543(14)
William A. Galston
Institutional Constraints on Policy
557(15)
Ellen M. Immergut
Social and Cultural Factors: Constraining and Enabling
572(15)
Davis B. Bobrow
Globalization and Public Policy
587(20)
Colin Hay
PART VII Policy Intervention: Styles And Rationales
Distributive and Redistributive Policy
607(17)
Tom Sefton
Market and Non-Market Failures
624(27)
Mark A. R. Kleiman
Steven M. Teles
Privatization and Regulatory Regimes
651(18)
Colin Scott
Democratizing the Policy Process
669(20)
Archon Fung
PART VIII Commendinig And Evaluating Public Policies
The Logic of Appropriateness
689(20)
James G. March
Johan P. Olsen
Ethical Dimensions of Public Policy
709(20)
Henry Shue
Economic Techniques
729(17)
Kevin B. Smith
Economism and its Limits
746(25)
Jonathan Wolff
Dirk Haubrich
Policy Modeling
771(35)
Neta C. Crawford
Social Experimentation for Public Policy
806(27)
Carol Hirschon Weiss
Johanna Birckmayer
PART IX Public Policy, Old And New
The Unique Methodology of Policy Research
833(11)
Amitai Etzioni
Choosing Governance Systems: A Plea for Comparative Research
844(14)
Oran R. Young
The Politics of Retrenchment: The US Case
858(16)
Frances Fox Piven
Reflections on How Political Scientists (and Others) Might Think about Energy and Policy
874(18)
Matthew Holden, Jr.
Reflections on Policy Analysis: Putting it Together Again
892(21)
Rudolf Klein
Theodore R. Marmor
Index913
Originally published: 2006; originally published in paperback: 2008
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