Policymaking under Adversity
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 447
ISBN-13: 9781315126531
Subjects: Policy sciences; Sciences de la politique
Description: "This groundbreaking study systematically treats recent policymaking trends, starting with a reconsideration of salient theoretical issues of policymaking and its study and culminating with a survey of current policy-related predicaments in various countries. Dror proposes that the task for social science research is to uncover underlying causes of policymaking inadequacies. Standard research methods, Dror states, have been unable to uncover the realities of important decisions made inside governments. In order to gain an understanding of pressing predicaments, he believes that policymakers need to examine the foundations of contemporary practices of present assumptions, and that they need a multiplicity of approaches to policymaking. After prescribing a set of requirements that policymaking must satisfy in order to adequately respond to challenges, Dror posits several improvements needed in education and in policy decision making. The book concludes with an extensive bibliography, including numerous important German works not found in other English-language studies. This book supplements the earlier basic theory and models propounded in Dror's Public Policymaking Reexamined by dealing with current trends. As a guide to public policy literature and related works, it will be invaluable to students and practitioners."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1 Scope, Concepts, Methods; title: chapter 2 Policy Predicaments; title: chapter 3 Policymaking Responses; title: chapter 4 Potentials of Policymaking as an Adversity-Handling Mode; title: chapter 5 Policy Principles for Handling Adversity; title: chapter 6 Required Policymaking Qualities versus Incapacities; title: chapter 7 Policymaking Specifications, Realities, Deficits; title: chapter 8 Needed Breakthroughs in Policy Sciences; title: chapter 9 Approaches to Policymaking Redesign; title: chapter 10 Recommendations for Policymaking Improvement.