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1 online resource (620 pages) |
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Routledge International Handbooks Ser |
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Routledge International Handbooks Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Endorsements -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Part I Introduction -- 1 What Is a Policy Tool? An Overview of the Tools Approach to Public Policy -- 2 The History of the Tools Approach in the Policy Sciences: Key Definitions and Problematics -- 3 Where Tools Are Deployed in the Policy Process: Policy Instruments and the Policy Cycle -- 4 The Need to Understand and Integrate Procedural and Substantive Tools -- Part II Basic Concepts -- 5 How Tools Work: Policy Instruments as Activators and Mechanisms |
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6 What Tools Do: Policy Targeting and Behaviour -- 7 Portfolios of Policy Tools: Types of Policy Mixes -- 8 Understanding Primary and Secondary Relationships Among Policy Tools in Policy Mixes -- Part III Agenda-Setting Tools -- 9 Agenda-Setting Tools in Theory and Practice -- 10 Formal Agenda-Setting Government Tools: Periodic Evaluations and Reviews -- 11 Tools to Promote Popular Mobilization and Social Advocacy: Social Identities, Policy Programs, Careers, and Education -- 12 Consultation Tools and Agenda-Setting -- 13 Tools for Managing the Media: Monitoring, Branding and Messaging |
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Part IV Policy Formulation Tools -- 14 Policy Formulation Tools: New Perspectives -- 15 Indicators and Measures as Policy Tools -- 16 A Tools-Based Approach to Understanding and Optimizing Policy Advice in Policy Making -- 17 Tools for Structuring Policy Advice: Commissions of Inquiry and Task Forces as Policy Formulation Instruments -- 18 Collaboration as a Policy Tool in the Policy Process -- Part V Decision-Making Tools -- 19 Supporting Decision-Making Within the Policy Cycle: Techniques and Tools -- 20 Scenario Analysis, Forecasting and Backcasting as Policy Tools |
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21 Formal Problem Structuring Tools and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis -- 22 Simulation Modeling as a Policy Tool -- 23 Policy Experiments and Pilots as Tools for Decision-Making -- Part VI Policy Implementation Tools -- 24 The Organizational Tools of Government: The "Forgotten Fundamental" -- 25 Implementing Regulatory Policy: Regulatory Tools and the Use of Authority -- 26 Treasure Tools: Using Public Funds to Achieve Policy Objectives -- 27 Information as a Policy Tool: The Role of Government Communication |
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28 Non-State Market-Driven Tools: Capacity Challenges in Non-State Governance Contexts -- Part VII Policy Evaluation Tools -- 29 Theoretical Framework for Public Policy Evaluation: Investigative Designs and Outcomes in a Global Setting -- 30 Policy Evaluation Instruments: Tools for Learning -- 31 Tools in Internal and External Evaluations -- 32 Administrative Procedure as a Tool for Participatory and Efficient Public Governance -- 33 The Transformative Potential of Evaluation as a Policy Tool -- Part VIII Selecting and Mixing Tools |
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34 Policy Tools and (New) Governance Arrangements: Policy Mixes and Their Effectiveness |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000622621 |
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1000622622 |
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