The Work of Policy An International Survey

by Colebatch, H. K.

• ISBN13: 9780739111123
• ISBN10: 0739111124
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-06-08
• Publisher: LEXINGTON BOOKS

Summary

H. K. Colebatch's The Work of Policy provides an international perspective on the field of policy analysis. Colebatch collects voices from around the world to consider the applicability of policy models to the actual practice of policy work. International case studies demonstrate that policy work takes a variety of forms, and policy analysis plays only a small role.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
H. K. Colebatch
Part I: Is There a Standard Model of Policy Work?
Policy, Models, and the Construction of Governing	3	(18)
H. K. Colebatch
Professionalization and Policy Analysis: The Case of the United States	21	(14)
Beryl A. Radin
Part II: Policy Work and the State Bureaucracy
How Policy Workers Define Their Job: A Netherlands Case Study	35	(26)
Robert Hoppe
Margarita Jeliazkova
The Changing Policy Environment in Japan	61	(22)
Madoka Nakamura
Policy in a Transitional Context: Performing Decentralization in Croatia	83	(26)
Zdravko Petak
Part III: Policy Work and Political Change
The Development of Women's Policy in South Korea	109	(24)
Kyungja Jung
Policy Work and Public Management Reform in New Zealand	133	(14)
Claudia Scott
Policy-making in Finland: Consensus and Change	147	(16)
Pekka Kettunen
Markku Kiviniemi
Part IV: Institutionalization and Discourse in Policy Work
Gender, Budgetary Processes, and Policy in Korea	163	(18)
In-soon Cha
Policy Work at the Local Level in the United States: Whispers of Rationality	181	(18)
Jill L. Tao
Policy Knowledge for Policy Work	199	(18)
Tim Tenbensel
Mapping the Work of Policy	217	(10)
H. K. Colebatch
Beryl A. Radin
Index	227	(6)
About the Contributors	233