Handbook of policy formulation / edited by Michael Howlett, Ishani Mukherjee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Howlett, Michael, 1955-

Mukherjee, Ishani.

Edward Elgar Publishing.

Series:

Handbooks of research on public policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political planning.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (584 pages).

Place of Publication:

Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., 2017.

Summary:

This Handbook represents a pioneering effort to consolidate the state of knowledge on policy formulation. An invaluable resource for scholars and students of policy studies, this Handbook provides a set of analytical discussions that help scholars, students and practitioners better understand the multiple dimensions of what policy formulation has come to mean in contemporary public policy-making and governance. In attempting to resolve pressing public problems, governments devise, deploy and develop policy tools in many different ways in different sectors and jurisdictions. Knowledge of these processes has been fragmented, however, spanning a multitude of different approaches, perspectives and case studies. By critically and systematically analysing both the processes and agents of policy formulation, this Handbook provides the first comprehensive overview of the formulation activities that are undertaken by governments in order to match their policy goals with the means of achieving them. The Handbook unites a wide range of expert contributors who examine the roles played by policy actors, institutions and ideas in answering fundamental questions about policy formulation such as who undertakes it, how, when, where and why. Through seven thematic sections this Handbook discusses a wide range of topics related to formulation such as the nature of policy design, instrument choice, policy appraisal, policy advice and the politics of defining and resolving policy problems.

Contents:

pt. I. Introduction: Policy formulation and the policy process

part II. What is formulated : choosing policy instruments and policy goals

part III. Formal and informal analytical techniques in policy formulation

part IV. Policy advice and the policy formulation process

part V. Formulating policy problems

part VI. Formulating policy solutions

part VII. The politics of policy formulation

part VIII. Trends and patterns of policy formulation.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contributors include: C. Adelle, J. Bandola-Gill, R. Burroughs, C. Eichbaum, M. Galizzi, A. Gunn, H. Gunter, M.P. Howlett, H.M. Ingram, D.S.L. Jarvis, G.F. Johnson, P.D. Jorgensen, J. Kohoutek, C. Koski, M. Lehtonen, D. Linders, C. Lyall, L. Ma, M. Maor, C. Matheson, P.J. May, J.G. McGann, I. Mukherjee, S. Nair, M. Nekola, J. Rayner, A.L. Schneider, J. Scott, R. Shaw, A. Simons, N. Stramp, H. Strassheim, M. van der Steen, A. Veselý, J.-P. Voss, S. Weiland, M. Wilder, A.R. Zito.

ISBN:

9781784719326 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.