Understanding public policy : theories and issues Cover Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Boxes List of Abbreviations Preface 1 Introduction to Policy and Policymaking INTRODUCTION: WHY SHOULD WE STUDY PUBLIC POLICY THE GENERAL APPROACH OF THIS BOOK SIMPLE MODELS HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW POLICY IS NOT MADE THE POWER OF THE CENTRE IS LIMITED POLICY NETWORKS AND SUBSYSTEMS ARE PERVASIVE COMPLEX POLICYMAKING ENVIRONMENTS LIMIT POLICYMAKER CONTROL IDEAS MATTER HOW TO ANALYSE POLICY AND POLICYMAKING THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK CONCLUSION 2 What Is Policy and Policymaking INTRODUCTION: THE NEED TO DEFINE POLICY AND POLICYMAKING WHAT IS PUBLIC POLICY MEASURING PUBLIC POLICY NARRATIVES OF PUBLIC POLICY FRAMEWORKS THEORIES MODELS AND HEURISTICS WHAT IS THE POLICY CYCLE AGENDA SETTING AND POLICY FORMULATION IMPLEMENTATION EVALUATION POLICY MAINTENANCE SUCCESSION AND TERMINATION BEYOND THE POLICY CYCLE CONCLUSION 3 Power and Public Policy INTRODUCTION: THE CENTRALITY OF POWER TO PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES DEFINITIONS OF POWER THREE DIMENSIONS OF POWER: WINNING KEY DECISIONS AGENDA SETTING AND THOUGHT CONTROL ALL ASSESSMENTS OF POWER ARE EMPIRICAL AND NORMATIVE BEYOND THE THIRD DIMENSION: FOUCAULT AND HABERMAS POWER AND CRITICAL THEORY: THE EMANCIPATORY ROLE FOR RESEARCH ARE SUCH FORMS OF POWER STRUCTURAL WHERE DOES THE ROLE OF POWER STOP AND IDEAS BEGIN CONCLUSION 4 Bounded Rationality and the Psychology of Policymaking INTRODUCTION: THE PROFOUND IMPORTANCE OF BOUNDED RATIONALITY COMPREHENSIVE AND BOUNDED RATIONALITY INCREMENTALISM THE NARRATIVE POLICY FRAMEWORK SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION AND POLICY DESIGN CONCLUSION 5 Institutions and New Institutionalism INTRODUCTION: INSTITUTIONS MATTER BUT WHAT ARE INSTITUTIONS.