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Title Handbook of public policy analysis : theory, politics, and methods / edited by Frank Fischer, Gerald J. Miller, Mara S. Sidney
Published Boca Raton : CRC/Taylor & Francis, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 642 pages) : illustrations
Series Public administration and public policy ; 125
Public administration and public policy ; 125.
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 -- Chapter 14. Taking Stock of Policy Networks: Do They Matter? -- Chapter 15. Theories of Policy Learning: Agency, Structure, and Change -- Part V: Deliberative Policy Analysis: Argumentation, Rhetoric, and Narratives -- Chapter 16. Deliberative Policy Analysis as Practical Reason: Integrating Empirical and Normative Arguments -- Chapter 17. Rhetoric in Policy Making: Between Logos, Ethos, and Pathos -- Chapter 18. Narrative Policy Analysis -- Part VI: Comparative, Cultural, and Ethical Perspectives -- Chapter 19. Comparative Public Policy -- Chapter 20. Applied Cultural Theory: Tool for Policy Analysis -- Chapter 21. Ethical Issues and Public Policy -- Chapter 22. Public Policy and Democratic Citizenship: What Kinds of Citizenship Does Policy Promote? -- Part VII: Quantitatively Oriented Policy Methods -- Chapter 23. Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis -- Chapter 24. The Use (and Misuse) of Surveys in Policy Analysis -- Chapter 25. Social Experiments and Public Policy -- Chapter 26. Policy Evaluation and Evaluation Research -- Part VIII: Qualutative Policy Analysis: Interpretation, Meaning, and Content -- Chapter 27. Qualitative-Interpretive Methods in Policy Research -- Chapter 28. Qualitative Research and Public Policy -- Chapter 29. Interpretation and Intention in Policy Analysis -- Chapter 30. Context-Sensitive Policy Methods -- Part IX: Policy Decisions Techniques -- Chapter 31. Benefit Analysis -- Chapter 32. Environmental Impact Assessment: Between Bureaucratic Process and Social Learning -- Chapter 33. Technology Assessment as Policy Analysis: From Expert Advice to Participatory Approaches -- Chapter 34. Public Policy Mediation: From Argument to Collaboration -- Part X: Country Perspectives -- Chapter 35. Policy Analysis in Britain -- Chapter 36. The Evolution of Policy Analysis in the Netherlands -- Chapter 37. Policy Analysis and Evaluation in Sweden: Discovering the Limits of the Rationalistic Paradigm -- Chapter 38. The Policy Turn in German Political Science -- Chapter 39. Policy Analysis in India: Research Bases and Discursive Practices -- Chapter 40. Korean Policy Analysis: From Economic Efficiency to Public Participation -- Index -- Back cover -- Last Page
Summary Exploring the interplay between empirical and normative analysis, which is a crucial issue, Handbook of Public Policy Analysis: Theory, Politics, and Methods provides a broad, comprehensive perspective on the field. This book examines the historical development of policy analysis as well as its role in the policy process. Presenting empirical methods that have defined this endeavor, this text then explores the various theories generated by these methods. Normative and ethical issues surrounding the practice of public policy analysis are also addressed. Discussion of theoretical debated that ha
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Subject Policy sciences -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Public administration -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration.
Policy sciences
Public administration
Genre/Form Electronic books
handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Form Electronic book
Author Fischer, Frank, 1942-
Miller, Gerald, 1947-
Sidney, Mara S., 1964-
LC no. 2006031906
ISBN 9781420017007
1420017004
9781574445619
1574445618