Advanced Introduction to Public Policy
About this book
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.In this updated second edition, internationally renowned scholar B. Guy Peters provides a succinct introduction to public policy and illustrates the design approach to policy problems. Peters demonstrates how decision-makers can make more effective choices and why a design approach to public intervention can improve policy formulation.Key features of the second edition include: • Analytical identification and evaluation of the vital components of policy design• Reflections on the challenges posed by Covid-19 and public policy solutions• An expanded overview of evaluation and behavioral public policy analysis• Critical discussions of alternatives to cost-benefit analysis.Offering a timely and concise approach to the field, this book will be crucial for high-level students who are new to public policy, as well as scholars and researchers hoping to improve and advance their understanding of the design perspective. Its analytic and theoretical grounding will also prove useful for policy practitioners, enabling sophisticated solutions to common policy problems.
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Table of contents
- Front Matter
- Copyright
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 Public policy: a design perspective
- 2 Policy problems
- PART I Making decisions about policy
- 3 Models of policymaking
- 4 Agendas, agenda-setting and framing
- PART II Policy interventions
- 5 Designing intervention and implementation
- 6 Policy instruments
- PART III Evaluating policy
- 7 Evaluating public policy: an introduction
- 8 Evaluating public policy: the utilitarian dimension
- 9 Normative and ethical analysis of policy
- 10 Conclusion: policy success and failure
- References
- Index