Handbook of Public PolicyB Guy Peters, Jon Pierre SAGE, 2006 M07 20 - 528 pages ′The new handbook by Peters and Pierre provides an invaluable addition to the literature. It offers new scholars and practitioners a means to navigate many of the complex theoretical and practical issues in contemporary policy analysis′ - Mark Considine, University of Melbourne The public policies of governments affect the lives and livelihoods of citizens every day in every country around the world. This handbook provides a comprehensive review and guide to the study, theory and practice of public policy today. Section One, Making Policy, introduces the policy making process - the means by which public policies are formulated, adopted and implemented - and serves to review the many competing conceptualizations within the field. Section Two, Substantive Policy Areas, focuses on a number of substantive policy areas to consider both diversity and commonalties across different sectoral policy areas. Section Three, Evaluating Public Policy, addresses issues of policy analysis more directly and assesses successes and failures in public policy in an attempt to answer the question ′what is good policy?′. The concluding chapter considers the different disciplinary contributions to the research and study of public policy both retrospectively and prospectively. Drawing contributions from leading academics and policy analysts from around the world, the handbook illustrates the changing role of governments vis-à-vis the public and private sector and the different policy actors (national and international, governmental and non-governmental) involved in the policy making process. It will be an essential companion for all advanced undergraduates, graduates, academics and practitioners across public policy and public administration, public management, government and political science. |
Contents
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11 | |
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Chapter 5 Networks and Bargaining in Policy Analysis | 97 |
Chapter 6 Concepts and Theories of Horizontal Policy Management | 115 |
Chapter 15 Cultural Policy | 265 |
Chapter 16 Tax Policy | 281 |
Chapter 17 Industrial Policy in Developed Nations | 293 |
Chapter 18 Argiculture and Food | 309 |
Chapter 19 Transportation and Infrastructure | 323 |
Chapter 20 Foreign Policy | 339 |
Chapter 21 Criminal Justice Policy | 365 |
Chapter 22 Privatisation by Divestment | 381 |
Chapter 7 Budgeting | 139 |
Chapter 8 Implementation | 151 |
Substantive Policy Areas | 167 |
Chapter 9 Constitutions and Rights | 169 |
Pensions | 187 |
Is There A Crisis of the Welfare State? | 201 |
Chapter 12 Health Policy | 219 |
Chapter 13 Education Policy | 231 |
Chapter 14 Environmental Policy | 249 |
Evaluating Policy | 395 |
Evaluation Research | 397 |
Chapter 24 Efficiency and CostBenefit Analysis | 417 |
Chapter 25 Ethics and Public Policy | 433 |
Chapter 26 Performance and Performance Management | 443 |
Chapter 27 Argumentative Policy Analysis | 461 |
Chapter 28 Disciplinary Perspectives | 481 |
Index | 493 |