Title: Handbook of public policy analysis : theory, politics, and methods /
Authors: Fischer, Frank, 1942-; Miller, Gerald.; Sidney, Mara S., 1964-
Publisher: CRC/Taylor & Francis,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Policy sciences Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Public administration Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Abstract: Covers the historical development of policy analysis, its role in the policy process, and empirical methods. This book considers the theory generated by these methods and the normative and ethical issues surrounding their practice. It deals with the basic origins and evolution of public policy. It examines the stages of the policy-making process.
Contents: Cover -- Front cover -- Contributors -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Historical Perspectives -- Chapter 1. The Policy Sciences at the Crossroads -- Chapter 2. Promoting the Policy Orientation: Lasswell in Context -- Chapter 3. Public Policy, Social Science, and the State: An Historical Perspective -- Part II: Policy Processes -- Chapter 4. Theories of the Policy Cycle -- Chapter 5. Agenda Setting in Public Policy -- Chapter 6. Policy Formulation: Design and Tools -- Chapter 7. Implementing Public Policy -- Chapter 8. Do Policies Determine Politics? -- Part III: Policy Politics, Advocacy, and Expertise -- Chapter 9. A Guide to the Advocacy Coalition Framework -- Chapter 10. Policy Communities -- Chapter 11. Public Policy Analysis and Think Tanks -- Part IV: Policy Decision Making: Rationality, Networks and Learning -- Chapter 12. Rationality in Policy Decision Making -- Chapter 13. Rational Choice in Public Policy: The Theory in Critical Perspective --^