Policy instrumentation : theoretical debates and controversies / edited by Charlotte Halpern (senior researcher (with tenure), Sciences Po, Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE), CNRS), Pierre Lascoumes (emeritus CNRS research professor, Sciences Po, Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE)) and Patrick Le Galès (FBA, MAE, CNRS research professor, Sciences Po, Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE) and Sciences Po Urban School, Paris, France).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Halpern, Charlotte, editor.

Lascoumes, Pierre, editor.

Le Galès, Patrick, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Advances in critical policy studies

Advances in critical policy studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Policy sciences.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

"This timely book explores how instrumentation contributes to understanding forms of collective action, most importantly public policies, their political effects and their results. Scholars reflect upon the slow progress of mitigating long lasting issues and contemporary challenges in policy research, advancing conceptual, methodological and empirical debates. Critically engaging with diverse intellectual traditions that have shaped the literature on policy instrumentation, this book goes beyond narrow policy analysis to rethink current paradigms and spark debate. It proposes an original political sociology conception of instrumentation that is used to discuss policy design and conflicts arising from the choice and implementation of the instruments. Expert contributors develop and enhance the current dominant strategies through engaging with research across sociology, science and technology, economics and politics. They address the main contentions between functionalist and critical approaches, providing insight into how best to conceptualise public policy instruments in the modern world. This book is an essential resource for advanced scholars, early career researchers and students interested in policy studies, public administration and management and research methods in political science. Policymakers will also find this invaluable for better understanding the growing field of policy research"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Introduction: Instrumentation of collective action, markets and policies / Charlotte Halpern , Pierre Lascoumes and Patrick Le Galés

1. Policy instrumentation: conflicts, institutions, knowledge Charlotte Halpern, Pierre Lascoumes and Patrick Le Galés

2. Resisting policy instruments / Pierre Lascoumes and Jean-Pierre Bourhis

3. Governing at a distance: the power of making instruments / Jan-Peter Voß

4. Ideas, instruments or cognitive motives? / Daniel Benamouzig

5. The trouble with market device / Liz McFall

6. The metamorphosis of management approaches to instruments / Franck Aggeri and Julie Labatut

7. The socio-historical perspective of public policy instruments / Pierre-Yves Baudot

8. The un-politics of instrument selections / Edward C. Page

9. The changing nature of instruments. Why and how instruments of participation change in the European Union? / Sabine Saurugger

10. Policy instrumentation and democratisation: a key variable in public policy restructuring / Charlotte Halpern.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035372508 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.