The governance of problems
Subtitle: puzzling, powering, participation
By: Robert Hoppe
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bristol, England
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781847426307; 9781847426291
Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE; Problem solving; Policy sciences; Public Policy; Decision making; General
Description: A compelling new approach to public policy-making as problem processing, bringing together aspects of puzzling, powering and participation and relating them to cultural theory, issues about networks, models of democracy and modes of citizen participation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-291) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: THE GOVERNANCE OF PROBLEMS; Contents; List of boxes, figures and tables; About the author; Preface; 1. A problem-processing perspective on governance; 2. The governance of problems: a map; 3. Analysing policy problems: a problem-structuring approach; 4. Cultures of public policy problems; 5. Problem types and types of policy politics; 6. Problem-structuring dynamics and meta-governance; Making policy analysis 7. doable and reflexive; 8. The plural democracies of problems: a meta-theory; 9. Public engagement and deliberative designs; 10. Responsible and hopeful governance of problems.