The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy

The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy

ISBN-10:
0199548455
ISBN-13:
9780199548453
Pub. Date:
08/18/2008
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0199548455
ISBN-13:
9780199548453
Pub. Date:
08/18/2008
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy

The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy

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Overview

Public policy is the business end of political science. It is where theory meets practice in the pursuit of the public good. Political scientists approach public policy in myriad ways. Some approach the policy process descriptively, asking how the need for public intervention comes to be perceived, a policy response formulated, enacted, implemented, and, all too often, subverted, perverted, altered, or abandoned. Others approach public policy more prescriptively, offering politically-informed suggestions for how normatively valued goals can and should be pursued, either through particular policies or through alternative processes for making policy. Some offer their advice from the Olympian heights of detached academic observers, others as 'engaged scholars' cum advocates, while still others seek to instill more reflective attitudes among policy practitioners themselves toward their own practices. The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy mines all these traditions, using an innovative structure that responds to the very latest scholarship. Its chapters touch upon institutional and historical sources and analytical methods, how policy is made, how it is evaluated and how it is constrained. In these ways, the Handbook shows how the combined wisdom of political science as a whole can be brought to bear on political attempts to improve the human condition.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199548453
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 08/18/2008
Series: Oxford Handbooks
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 996
Product dimensions: 6.70(w) x 9.60(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

Michael Moran is W.J.M. Mackenzie Professor of Government at the University of Manchester.

Martin Rein is Professor in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Robert E. Goodin is Distinguished Professor of Social and Political Theory and Philosophy at the Research School of Social Sciences at Australian National University.

Table of Contents

Part 1. Introduction1. The Public and its Policies, Robert E. Goodin, Michael Moran, and Martin ReinPart II. Institutional and Historical Background2. The Historical Roots of the Field, Peter deLeon3. Emergence of Schools of Public Policy, Graham Allison4. Training for Policy-Makers, Yehezkel DrorPart III. Modes of Policy Analysis5. Policy Analysis as Puzzle-solving, Christopher Winship6. Policy Analysis as Critical Listening, John Forestor7. Policy Analysis as Policy Advice, Richard Wilson8. Policy Analysis for Democracy, Helen Ingram and Anne L. Schneider9. Policy Analysis as Social Critique, John DryzekPart IV. Producing Public Policy10. The Origins of Policy, Edward C. Page11. Agenda Setting, Giandomenico Majone12. Policy Frame and Discourse, Maarten Hajer and David Laws13. Arguing, Bargaining, and Getting Agreement, Lawrence Susskind14. Policy Impact, Bea Cantillon and Karel van den Bosch15. The Politics of Policy Evaluation, Mark Bovens, Paul 'tHart and Sanneke Kuipers16. Policy Dynamics, Eugene Bardach17. Learning in Public Policy, Richard Freeman18. Reframing Problematic Policies, Martin ReinPart V. Instruments of Policy19. Policy in Practice, David Laws and Maarten Hajer20. Policy Networks, R.A.W. Rhodes21. Smart Policy?, Tom Christiansen22. The Tools of Government in the Information Age, Christopher Hood23. Policy Analysis as Organizational Analysis, Barry L. Friedman24. Public-Private Collaboration, John D. Donahue and Richard J. ZeckhauserPart VI. Constraints on Public Policy25. Economic Constraints on Public Policy, John Quiggin26. Political Feasibility: Interests and Power, William A. Galston27. Institutional Constraints on Policy, Ellen M. Immergut28. Social & Cultural Factors, Davis B. Bobrow29. Globalization and Public Policy, Colin HayPart VII. Policy Intervention: Styles and Rationales30. Distributive and Redistributive Policy, Tom Sefton31. Market and Non-Market Failures, Mark Kleiman and Steven N. Teles32. Privatization and Regulatory Regimes, Colin Scott33. Democratizing the Policy Process, Archon FungPart VIII. Commending and Evaluating Public Policies34. The Logic of Appropriateness, James G. March and Johan P. Olsen35. Ethical Dimensions of Public Policy, Henry Shue36. Economic Techniques, Kevin B. Smith37. Economism and its Limits, Jonathan Wolff and Dirk Haubrich38. Policy Modeling, Neta C. Crawford39. Social Experimentation for Public Policy, Carol Hirschon Weiss and Johanna BirckmayerIX. Public Policy, Old and New40. The Unique Methodology of Policy Research, Amitai Etzioni41. Choosing Governance Systems: A Plea for Comparative Research, Oran R. Young42. The Politics of Retrenchment: the U.S. Case, Frances Fox Piven43 Reflections on how political scientists (and others) might think about energy and policy, Matthew Holden, Jr.44. Reflections on Policy Analysis: Putting it Together Again, Rudolf Klein and Theodore R. Marmor
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