Policy reconsidered : meanings, politics and practices / edited by Susan M. Hodgson and Zoe Irving.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hodgson, Susan M.

Irving, Zoe.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Policy sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, U.K. : Policy Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book identifies key topics within the policy arena and subjects them to sustained theoretical and practical appraisal. It shows the gains to be made from applying a cross-disciplinary lens to the study of 'policy', with contributors presenting critical and reflective engagements with the theory and practice of policy at all levels of political organisation and within a range of contexts.

Contents:

Policy reconsidered; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on the contributors; 1. Policy and its exploration; Part One: Meanings; 2. The meaning of policy/policy as meaning; 3. Policy and 'the good society'; 4. Categorising and policy making; Part Two: Politics; 5. Language, politics and values; 6. Business, power, policy and politics; 7. (Social) Policy and politics at the international level; Part Three: Practices; 8. Ethics, research and policy; 9. User involvement; 10. Policies as translation: situating transnational social policies; 11. Studying policy: a way forward; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-239) and index.

ISBN:

9786611385392

9781447302995

1447302990

9781281385390

1281385395

9781847422996

1847422993

OCLC:

476249794