A modern guide to public policy. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Giliberto Capano (professor of political science and public policy, Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy) and Michael Howlett (Burnaby Mountain Professor and Canada Research Chair, Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Canada).
• Editors: Capano, Giliberto; Howlett, Michael
• Other Names: Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.
• Contents: 1. Introduction / Capano and Howlett -- Part 1: Studying public policy actors & dynamics -- 2. Public policy: Definitions & approaches / Howlett and Cashore -- 3. Studying policy dynamics: Policy cycles and regimes / Perl -- 4. Mapping policy agents: Policy entrepreneurs, advocacy coalitions, epistemic communities, instrument constituencies / Beland and Haelg -- Part 2: Studying the policy context & processes -- 5. Addressing uncertainty and ambiguity in policymaking: Advancements and dilemmas / Nair -- 6. Making sense of the babble of policy-making: A general framework of the policy process / Goyal and Howlett -- 7. Policy over- and underreaction: From unintentional error to deliberate policy response / Maor -- Part 3: Studying policy mechanisms & behaviour -- 8. Studying public policy: A mechanistic perspective / Capano -- 9. Types of policy mechanisms: 1st- and 2nd order mechanisms. A case study application / Busetti and Capano -- 10. Understanding policy target behaviour: Compliance problems & the limitations of the utility paradigm / Howlett -- Part 4: Studying policy tools & capacities -- 11. Policy instruments: Definitions & approaches / Howlett -- 12. Policy resources, capacities and capabilities / Wu, Ramesh and Howlett -- 13. Understanding complex policy mixes: Conceptual and empirical challenges / Sewerin -- Part 5: Studying policy outputs & outcomes -- 14. Policy design and non-design: Discerning the content of policy packaging, patching, stretching and layering / Capano and Mukherjee -- 15. The lessons of policy learning: Types, triggers, hindrances and pathologies / Dunlop and Radaelli -- 16. Policy dismantling, accumulation & performance / Knill, Steinebach, Adam and Hurka -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (288 pages)
• Subjects: 320.6; Policy sciences; International relations; World politics; International relations; Policy sciences; World politics; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1789904986; 9781789904987
• Related ISBNs: 1789904978; 9781789904970
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 23, 2020).
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