Public policy resources / Peter Knoepfel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knoepfel, Peter, author.

Series:

Policy Press scholarship online.

Policy Press scholarship online

Standardized Title:

Ressources d'action publique. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Policy sciences.

Public administration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 308 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2018.

Summary:

Building on Knoepfel's previous book, Public Policy Analysis, this book offers a conceptually coherent view of ten public policy resources: force, law, personal, money, property rights, information, organisation, consensus, time and political support.

Contents:

Intro

PUBLIC POLICY RESOURCES

Contents

List of tables and figures

Tables

Figures

Preface

Introduction

Part I. Foundations and analytical dimensions1

1. The foundations of public policy analysis

Public policies

The actors

The institutions

2. Definition of public action resources

Overview (reminders)

The specifics: 'Resource-related' definition of public action resources

The role of the law5

3. Context: a survey of the literature

The 19 contributions

Comparison of findings

Part II . New conceptual developments: Resource-based approach and analytical dimensions

Aim

4. Conceptual development of the resource-based approach

Advantages of the resource-based approach for public policy analysis

Advantages of the resource-based approach for analysing the governance of complex public action resources (example: big data)

5. The seven proposed analytical dimensions

Strategic objectives of the actors

The (purposes of the) rights of use to resources

Public action resources: production and modalities of acquisition

Maintenance of resources

Modalities of resource use

Substitution and combination of resources within an actor's portfolio

Exchangeability and modalities of resource exchange

Part III . The 10 public action resources

Chapter contents

Reading guide

6. Force

Definition

Specifics

Force: Mobilization by availability

Force: Mobilization by stage

Force: Exchange

Recommended further reading

7. Law

Definition1

Law: Mobilization by availability

Law: Mobilization by stage

Law: Exchange

8. Personnel

Personnel: Mobilization by availability

Personnel: Mobilization by stage

Personnel: Exchange

9. Money.

Definition

Money: Mobilization by availability

Money: Mobilization by stage

Money: Exchange

10. Property

Property: Mobilization by availability

Property: Mobilization by stage

Property: Exchange

11. Information

Information: Mobilization by availability

Information: Mobilization by stage

Information: Exchange

12. Organization

Organization: Mobilization by availability

Organization: Mobilization by stage

Organization: Exchange

13. Consensus

Consensus: Mobilization by availability

Consensus: Mobilization by stage

Consensus: Exchange

14. Time

Time: Mobilization by availability

Time: Mobilization by stage

Time: Exchange

15. Political support

Political Support: Mobilization

Actor strategies for recovering Political Support

Specifics of the mobilization of Political Support in the context of policy implementation

Part IV. Outlook and advice for practical application

16. Public policy management by actors' endowment

Basic premise for policy implementation: the efficient and effective use of public action resources1

17. Advice for practical application

Units of measurement and indicators

Identification of the resource portfolios of public policy actors

(Homogenous and heterogeneous) resource exchange

Seven-point checklist for analysing the effects of the mobilization of public action resources on public decision-making.

Conclusion: Strengths and weaknesses of the proposed approach

Strengths

Weaknesses

References

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2022).

first published in 2017 by Seismo-Verlag, Zurich as Ressources d'action publique.

ISBN:

9781447345077

144734507X

9781447345091

1447345096

9781447345060

1447345061

OCLC:

1046621227