Studying Public Policy Policy Cycles and Policy Subsystems

by Howlett, Michael; Ramesh, M.; Perl, Anthony

• ISBN13: 9780195428025
• ISBN10: 0195428021
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Studying Public Policy examines three dimensions of efforts to engage and resolve public problems: policy actors, institutions, and ideas. Using this focus, the book overviews past efforts to understand public policy-making, outlines the different stages of the policy making process, anddiscusses the principle elements and patterns of policy dynamics. SPP develops an analytical framework of the subject for students in public policy courses. Instead of focusing on the substantive policy of a particular policy area, the book examines the theoretical and conceptual foundations of,and approaches used, in the policy sciences.

Author Biography

Michael Howlett is Burnaby Mountain Chair and Professor of Political Science at Simon Fraser University. M. Ramesh is an Associate Professor at the Lew Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. Anthony Perl is a Professor and the Director of the Urban Studies Program at Simon Fraser University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Why Study Public Policy?

Understanding Public Policy: Theoretical Approaches

The Policy Context

Agenda-Setting

Policy Formulation: Policy Instruments and Policy Design

Public Policy Decision-Making

Policy Implementation

Policy Evaluation: Policy-Making as Policy Learning

Patterns of Policy Change

Bibliography

Index

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