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Title

The Oxford handbook of public policy / edited by Michael Moran, Martin Rein and Robert E. Goodin.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Additional Authors

• Moran, Michael, 1946-
• Rein, Martin, 1928-
• Goodin, Robert E.

Description

xii, 983 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Summary

This is part of a ten volume set of reference books offering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of the state of political science. This work explores the business end of politics, where theory meets practice in the pursuit of public good.

Series Statement

Oxford handbooks of political science

Uniform Title

• Oxford handbooks of political science
• Oxford handbooks of political science.

Alternative Title

• Handbook of public policy
• Public policy

Subject

Policy sciences

Genre/Form

Handbooks and manuals

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• pt. I : Introduction. The public and its policies / Robert E. Goodin, Martin Rein & Michael Moran -- pt. II : Institutional and historical background. The historical roots of the field / Peter DeLeon ; Emergence of schools of public policy : reflections by a founding dean / Graham Allison ; Training for policy makers / Yehezkel Dror -- pt. III : Modes of policy analysis. Policy analysis as puzzle solving / Christopher Winship ; Policy analysis as critical listening / John Forester ; Policy analysis as policy advice / Richard Wilson ; Policy analysis for democracy / Helen Ingram & Anne L. Schneider ; Policy analysis as critique / John S. Dryzek -- pt. IV : Producing public policy. The origins of policy / Edward C. Page ; Agenda setting / Giandomenico Majone ; Ordering through discourse / Maarten Hajer & David Laws ; Arguing, bargaining, and getting agreement / Lawrence Susskind ; Policy impact / Karel Van Den Bosch & Bea Cantillon ; The politics of policy evaluation / Mark Bovens, Paul 'T Hart & Sanneke Kuipers ; Policy dynamics / Eugene Bardach ; Learning in public policy / Richard Freeman ; Reframing problematic policies / Martin Rein -- pt. V : Instruments of policy. Policy in practice / David Laws & Maarten Hajer ; Policy network analysis / R.A.W. Rhodes ; Smart policy? / Tom Christensen ; The tools of government in the information age / Christopher Hood ; Policy analysis as organizational analysis / Barry L. Friedman ; Public-private collaboration / John D. Donahue & Richard J. Zeckhauser -- pt. VI : Constraints on public policy. Economic constraints on public policy / John Quiggin ; Political feasibility : interests and power / William A. Galston ; Institutional constraints on policy / Ellen M. Immergut ; Social and cultural factors : constraining and enabling / Davis B. Bobrow.
• Globalization and public policy / Colin Hay -- pt. VII : Policy intervention : styles and rationales. Distributive and redistributive policy / Tom Sefton ; Market and non-market failures / Mark A.R. Kleiman & Steven M. Teles ; Privatization and regulatory regimes / Colin Scott ; Democratizing the policy process / Archon Fung -- pt. VIII : Commending and evaluating public policies. The logic of appropriateness / James G. March & Johan P. Olsen ; Ethical dimensions of public policy / Henry Shue ; Economic techniques / Kevin B. Smith ; Economism and its limits / Jonathan Wolff & Dirk Haubrich ; Policy modeling / Neta C. Crawford ; Social experimentation for public policy / Carol Hirschon Weiss & Johanna Birckmayer -- pt. IX : Public policy, old and new. The unique methodology of policy research / Amitai Etzioni ; Choosing governance systems : a plea for comparative research / Oran R. Young ; The politics of retrenchment : the US case / Frances Fox Piven ; Reflections on how political scientists (and others) might think about energy and policy / Matthew Holden, Jr. ; Reflections on policy analysis : putting it together again / Rudolf Klein & Theodore R. Marmor.

ISBN

• 0199269289 (alk. paper)
• 9780199269280 (alk. paper)
• 9780199269 280 (hbk.)

LCCN

• ^^2006000589
• 9780199269280

OCLC

62878681

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library