| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 250 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Part One: Meanings 19 -- Introduction 19 -- two The meaning of policy/policy as meaning 21 -- Richard Jenkins -- three Policy and 'the good society' 37 -- David Phillips -- four Categorising and policy making 61 -- Joanne Britton -- Part Two: Politics 77 -- Introduction 77 -- five Language, politics and values 81 -- Marilyn Gregory -- six Business, power, policy and politics 99 -- Kevin Farnsworth -- seven (Social) Policy and politics at the international level 117 -- Bob Deacon -- Part Three: Practices 135 -- Introduction 135 -- eight Ethics, research and policy 137 -- Malcolm Cowburn -- nine User involvement 155 -- Kathy Boxall, Lorna Warren and Ruby C.M. Chau -- ten Policies as translation: situating transnational social policies 173 -- Nodmi Lendvai and Paul Stubbs -- eleven Studying policy: a way forward 191 -- Susan M. Hodgson and Zo6 Irving |
| Summary |
This book identifies key topics within the policy arena and subjects them to sustained theoretical and practical appraisal. It shows the gains to be made from applying a cross-disciplinary lens to the study of 'policy', with contributors presenting critical and reflective engagements with the theory and practice of policy at all levels of political organisation and within a range of contexts |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-239) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Policy sciences.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- General.
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Policy sciences
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Beleidsvorming.
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88.60 policy science: general.
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Politische Theorie
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Politiskt beslutsfattande.
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Statsvetenskap.
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| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hodgson, Susan M.
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Irving, Zoë (Zoë M.)
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| LC no. |
2008371650 |
| ISBN |
9781847422996 |
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1847422993 |
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1281385395 |
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9781281385390 |
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