Routledge Handbook of Public Policy [Paperback]

This Handbook provides a comprehensive global survey of the policy process. Written by an outstanding line up of distinguished scholars and practitioners, the Handbook covers all aspects of the policy process including:

• Theory  from rational choice to the new institutionalism
• Frameworks  network theory, advocacy coalition and development models
• Key stages in the process  Formulation, implementation and evaluation
• Agenda setting and decision making
• The roles of key actors and institutions

This is an invaluable resource for all scholars, graduate students and practitioners in public policy and policy analysis.

PART I: Introduction to the study of the public policy process: history and method1. Public policy debate and the rise of policy analysis, Michael Mintrom and Claire Williams 2. The policy-making process, Michael Howlett and Sarah Giest 3. Comparative approaches to the study of public policy-making, Sophie Schmitt 4. International dimensions and dynamics of policy-making, Anthony Perl PART II: Conceptualizing public policy-making 5. State theory and the rise of the regulatory state, Darryl S.L. Jarvis 6. The public choice perspective, Andy Whitford 7. Institutional analysis and political economy, Michael D. McGinnis and Paul Dragos Aligica 8. Postpositivism and the policy process, Raul Perez Lejano PART III: Modelling the policy process: frameworks for analysis 9 The institutional analysis and development framework, Ruth Schuyler House and Eduardo Araral Jr. 10. The advocacy coalition framework: coalitions, learning and policy change, Christopher M. Weible anlcã