Handbook of public policy /
Handbook of public policy /
edited by B Guy Peters and Jon Pierre.
- 2006.
- xi, 512 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of Contributors
ix
Introduction 1 (10)
B. Guy Peters
Jon Pierre
Section 1: Making Policy
11 (156)
The Three Action Levels of Governance: Re-Framing the Policy Process Beyond the Stages Model
13 (18)
Peter L. Hupe
Michael J. Hill
The Policy Sciences: Past, Present, and Future
31 (18)
Peter DeLeon
Christine R. Martell
Behavioral Rationality and the Policy Processes: Toward A New Model of Organizational Information Processing
49 (26)
Bryan D. Jones
Graeme Boushey
Samuel Workman
Policy Design: Ubiquitous, Necessary and Difficult
75 (22)
Davis B. Bobrow
Networks and Bargaining in Policy Analysis
97 (18)
Peter Bogason
Concepts and Theories of Horizontal Policy Management
115 (24)
B. Guy Peters
Budgeting
139 (12)
Irene S. Rubin
Implementation
151 (16)
Soren C. Winter
Section 2: Substantive Policy Areas
167 (228)
Constitution and Rights
169 (18)
John Uhr
Social Policy: Pensions
187 (14)
Helen Fawcett
Social Policy: Is there a Crisis of the Welfare State?
201 (18)
Harold L. Wilensky
Health Policy
219 (12)
Michael Moran
Education Policy
231 (18)
Susan Marton
Environmental Policy
249 (16)
Christoph Knill
Cultural Policy
265 (16)
Kevin V. Mulcahy
Tax Policy
281 (12)
B. Guy Peters
Industrial Policy in Developed Nations
293 (16)
Richard D. Bingham
Agriculture and Food
309 (14)
Wyn Grant
Transportation and Infrastructure
323 (16)
Kenneth Button
Foreign Policy
339 (26)
Walter Carlsnaes
Criminal Justice Policy
365 (16)
Tim Newburn
Privatisation by Divestment
381 (14)
Ian Thynne
Section 3: Evaluating Policy
395 (98)
Evaluation Research
397 (20)
Evert Vedung
Efficiency and Cost-Benefit Analysis
417 (16)
Aidan R. Vining
David L. Weimer
Ethics and Public Policy
433 (10)
Gary Bryner
Performance and Performance Management
443 (18)
Geert Bouckaert
John Halligan
Argumentative Policy Analysis
461 (20)
Herbert Gottweis
Disciplinary Perspectives
481 (12)
Jon Pierre
Index 493
This is an invaluable survey of the major theories and approaches in this area of study and research. It explores the role of parties in the pressing contemporary problems of institutional design and democratic governance today
0761940618 9780761940616
Political planning--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Policy sciences--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
H97 HAN
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of Contributors
ix
Introduction 1 (10)
B. Guy Peters
Jon Pierre
Section 1: Making Policy
11 (156)
The Three Action Levels of Governance: Re-Framing the Policy Process Beyond the Stages Model
13 (18)
Peter L. Hupe
Michael J. Hill
The Policy Sciences: Past, Present, and Future
31 (18)
Peter DeLeon
Christine R. Martell
Behavioral Rationality and the Policy Processes: Toward A New Model of Organizational Information Processing
49 (26)
Bryan D. Jones
Graeme Boushey
Samuel Workman
Policy Design: Ubiquitous, Necessary and Difficult
75 (22)
Davis B. Bobrow
Networks and Bargaining in Policy Analysis
97 (18)
Peter Bogason
Concepts and Theories of Horizontal Policy Management
115 (24)
B. Guy Peters
Budgeting
139 (12)
Irene S. Rubin
Implementation
151 (16)
Soren C. Winter
Section 2: Substantive Policy Areas
167 (228)
Constitution and Rights
169 (18)
John Uhr
Social Policy: Pensions
187 (14)
Helen Fawcett
Social Policy: Is there a Crisis of the Welfare State?
201 (18)
Harold L. Wilensky
Health Policy
219 (12)
Michael Moran
Education Policy
231 (18)
Susan Marton
Environmental Policy
249 (16)
Christoph Knill
Cultural Policy
265 (16)
Kevin V. Mulcahy
Tax Policy
281 (12)
B. Guy Peters
Industrial Policy in Developed Nations
293 (16)
Richard D. Bingham
Agriculture and Food
309 (14)
Wyn Grant
Transportation and Infrastructure
323 (16)
Kenneth Button
Foreign Policy
339 (26)
Walter Carlsnaes
Criminal Justice Policy
365 (16)
Tim Newburn
Privatisation by Divestment
381 (14)
Ian Thynne
Section 3: Evaluating Policy
395 (98)
Evaluation Research
397 (20)
Evert Vedung
Efficiency and Cost-Benefit Analysis
417 (16)
Aidan R. Vining
David L. Weimer
Ethics and Public Policy
433 (10)
Gary Bryner
Performance and Performance Management
443 (18)
Geert Bouckaert
John Halligan
Argumentative Policy Analysis
461 (20)
Herbert Gottweis
Disciplinary Perspectives
481 (12)
Jon Pierre
Index 493
This is an invaluable survey of the major theories and approaches in this area of study and research. It explores the role of parties in the pressing contemporary problems of institutional design and democratic governance today
0761940618 9780761940616
Political planning--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Policy sciences--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
H97 HAN