Australian Policy Handbook

Preface Acknowledgments Glossary Introduction: Why an Australian Policy Handbook? 1 Why Does Policy Matter? 2 The Institution of Public Policy 3 A Policy Cycle 4 Identifying Issues 5 Policy Analysis 6 Policy Instruments 7 Consultation 8 Coordination 9 The Decision 10 Implementation 11 Evaluation 12 Managing the Policy Process 13 Checklists for Policy Development Appendix References Index

Glyn Davis is Director-General of the Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet.

Preface to First Edition

ix

Acknowledgements

xi

Introduction: Why The Australian Policy Handbook?

1

(2)

Why Policy Matters

3

(6)

Policy as authoritative choice

4

(1)

Policy as hypothesis

5

(1)

Policy as objective

6

(3)

The Institutions of Public Policy

9

(14)

The Australian system of government

9

(1)

The executive

10

(1)

Cabinet

11

(1)

Public servants

12

(1)

A map of government

13

(1)

Government as politics

14

(1)

Government as policy

15

(1)

Government as administration

16

(3)

Bringing the players together

19

(2)

Coordination through routines

21

(2)

A Policy Cycle

23

(11)

Alternatives to the policy cycle

25

(2)

An Australian policy cycle

27

(3)

The policy cycle and institutions

30

(1)

Good process and good policy

30

(4)

Identifying Issues

34

(12)

The policy agenda

34

(1)

The agenda metaphor

35

(1)

Issue drivers

35

(4)

What issues make the agenda?

39

(1)

Issue attention cycle

40

(1)

Identifying issues

41

(1)

Defining problems

42

(1)

Wicked problems

43

(1)

Non-decisions

44

(1)

Issue Identification skills

44

(2)

Policy Analysis

46

(21)

The purpose of policy analysis

47

(1)

Rationality

47

(2)

A sequence for policy analysis

49

(5)

The analyst's toolkit

54

(9)

Agreement: an analytic tool

63

(2)

Why analysis?

65

(2)

Policy Instruments

67

(9)

Classifying policy instruments

68

(1)

Australian policy instruments

69

(1)

Policy through advocacy

70

(1)

Policy through money

70

(2)

Policy through government action

72

(1)

Policy through law

73

(1)

Choosing a policy instrument

74

(2)

Consultation

76

(14)

The role of consultation

76

(2)

Different types of consultation

78

(2)

Consultation instruments

80

(5)

Designing a consultation process

85

(3)

Consultation

88

(2)

Coordination

90

(13)

An overall policy framework

91

(1)

Coordination routines

92

(2)

Central agencies

94

(8)

Coordination

102

(1)

The Decision

103

(13)

Cabinet routines

104

(3)

What goes to cabinet?

107

(2)

Briefing ministers

109

(2)

Recording cabinet decisions

111

(1)

Executive council

112

(1)

Cabinet

113

(1)

Sample cover page for a cabinet submission

114

(2)

Implementation

116

(10)

Policy design includes implementation

116

(1)

Conditions for successful implementation

117

(1)

Implementation instruments

118

(2)

Implementation traps

120

(4)

Designing and implementation strategy

124

(2)

Evaluation

126

(9)

Evaluation and the policy cycle

127

(1)

Types of evaluation

128

(2)

Evaluation measures

130

(1)

Method

131

(1)

Findings

132

(1)

Evaluation

133

(2)

Managing the Policy Process

135

(14)

Procedural integrity

135

(2)

Roles and ethics

137

(2)

Planning projects

139

(2)

Timing

141

(1)

Management and the policy process

142

(3)

Organising for public policy

145

(1)

Measuring policy advice performance

146

(1)

Professionals

147

(1)

Managing the policy process

148

(1)

Checklists for Policy Development

149

(9)

Policy objectives

152

(1)

Policy advice objectives

153

(1)

Managing the policy cycle

153

(1)

Policy cycle objectives

154

(4)

Internet Research Tools for Public Policy

158

(11)

What is the internet?

158

(1)

Internet components

159

(2)

Searching the internet

161

(8)

Glossary

169

(8)

References

177

(6)

Index

183

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