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1 online resource (307 pages) |
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Cover; Contents; Introduction; Overview of the public policy theories presented; List of Abbreviations; PART A; /A1/ Public Interest and Public Policy; WHAT IS MEANT BY PUBLIC INTEREST?; WHAT IS MEANT BY PUBLIC POLICY?; THE EMERGENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC POLICY AS A SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE: A HISTORY; RELATION OF PUBLIC POLICY TO OTHER DISCIPLINES; DEFINING PUBLIC POLICY AS A SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE; POLITY, POLICY, POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY AS SOCIAL PRACTICE; FOUNDING FATHERS AND FOLLOWERS; FUTURE PERSPECTIVES OF THE DISCIPLINE; REVIEW QUESTIONS; SOURCES; /A2/ Values in Public Policy |
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VALUES IN POLITYHUMAN RIGHTS; POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES; HOW INSTITUTIONS ARE SHAPED BY POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES; VALUES IN POLICY; THE CRITERION OF QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF LIFE; VALUES IN POLITICS; EXAMPLE THEORY: HISTORICAL INSTITUTIONALISM; REVIEW QUESTIONS; SOURCES; /A3/ Governance; THE CONCEPT OF GOVERNANCE; DIMENSIONS OF GOVERNANCE; MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE; GOVERNMENT, MARKET, THE CIVIC SECTOR â#x80;#x93; AND THE MEDIA; GOVERNMENT; MARKET; CIVIC SECTOR; EXAMPLE THEORY: CORPORATISM; THE MARKET-GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP; MEDIA; REGULATORS UNDER CHANGE; ACTORSâ#x80;#x99; NETWORKS |
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EXAMPLE THEORY: POLICY NETWORKSSOCIALLY PATHOLOGICAL FORMS OF REGULATION; CAPACITIES OF GOVERNANCE IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD; REVIEW QUESTIONS; SOURCES; /A4/ Actors and Institutions; THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACTORS AND INSTITUTIONS; POLITICAL PARTIES; GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; THINK-TANKS; INSTITUTIONS; EXAMPLE THEORY: ACTOR-CENTERED INSTITUTIONALISM; ARENAS; AGENDAS; EXAMPLE THEORY: ACTORS GENERATING AGENDAS IN ARENAS (A-A-A MODEL); REVIEW QUESTIONS; SOURCES; /A5/ Public Policy Instruments; INQUIRY; PROGRAMMING DOCUMENTS; LAW AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS |
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PUBLIC REVENUESPUBLIC EXPENDITURES; PUBLIC BUDGETS; SUBSIDIES, GRANTS, BENEFITS, LOANS, ALLOWANCES, COUPONS; PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES; INSTRUMENTS OF POWER; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION INSTRUMENTS; EXAMPLE THEORY: ADVOCACY COALITION FRAMEWORK; EXAMPLE THEORY: DISCURSIVE INSTITUTIONALISM; APPLICATION OF POLICY INSTRUMENTS â#x80;#x93; HARMONY, DISHARMONY, IMPROVISATION?; PUBLIC POLICIES; REVIEW QUESTIONS; SOURCES; /A6/ Public Policy Process. The Stage of Problem Delimitation and Problem Recognition; PUBLIC POLICY AS A PROCESS; EXAMPLE THEORY: A STAGE MODEL OF THE POLICY CYCLE |
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THE STAGE OF PROBLEM DELIMITATION AND RECOGNITIONWHAT IS A PROBLEM?; WHAT IS A SOCIAL PROBLEM?; WHAT IS A POLICY PROBLEM?; PROBLEM DELIMITATION IN PUBLIC POLICY; PROBLEM RECOGNITION IN PUBLIC POLICY; EXAMPLE THEORY: AGENDA SETTING; REVIEW QUESTIONS; SOURCES; /A7/Policy Formulation, Decisionmaking; DECISION-MAKING: RATIONALIST VERSUS INCREMENTALIST MODELS; POSSIBILITIES OF POLICY CHANGE; STRUCTURE OF DECISION-MAKING; DECISION-MAKING IN POLICY SUBSYSTEMS; DECISION MAKERS; EXAMPLE THEORY: VETO PLAYERS; EXAMPLE THEORY: MULTIPLE STREAMS; WHO IS AFFECTED BY DECISIONS?; STRATEGIC DECISION-MAKING |
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REVIEW QUESTIONS |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Political planning.
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Political planning -- Case studies
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Political planning
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Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9788024635705 |
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8024635704 |
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