Handbook of public policy analysis: theory, politics, and methods
Type
E-Book
Authors
ISBN 13
9781315093192
Category
E-resources
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Publication Year
2007
Publisher
CRC Press , United States
Pages
xxv, 670 p.
Subject
1. Policy sciences--Handbooks, manuals 2. Public administration--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Abstract
The study of public policy and the methods of policy analysis are among the most rapidly developing areas in the social sciences. Policy analysis has emerged to provide a better understanding of the policymaking process and to supply decision makers with reliable policy-relevant knowledge about pressing economic and social problems.
Presenting a broad, comprehensive perspective, the Handbook of Public Policy Analysis: Theory, Politics, and Methods covers the historical development of policy analysis, its role in the policy process, and empirical methods. The handbook considers the theory generated by these methods and the normative and ethical issues surrounding their practice.
Written by leading experts in the field, this book-
Deals with the basic origins and evolution of public policy
Examines the stages of the policy-making process
Identifies political advocacy and expertise in the policy process
Focuses on rationality in policy decision-making and the role of policy networks and learning
Details argumentation, rhetoric, and narratives
Explores the comparative, cultural, and ethical aspects of public policy
Explains primary quantitative-oriented analytical methods employed in policy research
Addresses the qualitative sides of policy analysis
Discusses tools used to refine policy choices
Traces the development of policy analysis in selected national contexts
The Handbook of Public Policy Analysis: Theory, Politics, and Methods describes the theoretical debates that have recently defined the field, including the work of postpositivist, interpretivist, and social constructionist scholars. This book also explores the interplay between empirical and normative analysis, a crucial issue running through contemporary debates.
Presenting a broad, comprehensive perspective, the Handbook of Public Policy Analysis: Theory, Politics, and Methods covers the historical development of policy analysis, its role in the policy process, and empirical methods. The handbook considers the theory generated by these methods and the normative and ethical issues surrounding their practice.
Written by leading experts in the field, this book-
Deals with the basic origins and evolution of public policy
Examines the stages of the policy-making process
Identifies political advocacy and expertise in the policy process
Focuses on rationality in policy decision-making and the role of policy networks and learning
Details argumentation, rhetoric, and narratives
Explores the comparative, cultural, and ethical aspects of public policy
Explains primary quantitative-oriented analytical methods employed in policy research
Addresses the qualitative sides of policy analysis
Discusses tools used to refine policy choices
Traces the development of policy analysis in selected national contexts
The Handbook of Public Policy Analysis: Theory, Politics, and Methods describes the theoretical debates that have recently defined the field, including the work of postpositivist, interpretivist, and social constructionist scholars. This book also explores the interplay between empirical and normative analysis, a crucial issue running through contemporary debates.
Description
Part I
Historical Perspectives
Chapter 1 The Policy Sciences at the Crossroads .......................................................................3
Peter deLeon and Danielle M. Vogenbeck
Chapter 2 Promoting the Policy Orientation: Lasswell in Context ...........................................15
Douglas Torgerson
Chapter 3 Public Policy, Social Science, and the State: An Historical Perspective ..................29
Peter Wagner
Part II
Policy Processes
Chapter 4 Theories of the Policy Cycle ....................................................................................43
Werner Jann and Kai Wegrich
Chapter 5 Agenda Setting in Public Policy ...............................................................................63
Thomas A. Birkland
Chapter 6 Policy Formulation: Design and Tools .....................................................................79
Mara S. Sidney
Chapter 7 Implementing Public Policy .....................................................................................89
Helga Pülzl and Oliver Treib
Chapter 8 Do Policies Determine Politics? .............................................................................109
Hubert Heinelt
Part III
Policy Politics, Advocacy, and Expertise
Chapter 9 A Guide to the Advocacy Coalition Framework ....................................................123
Christopher M. Weible and Paul A. Sabatier
Chapter 10 Policy Communities ...............................................................................................137
Hugh T. Miller and Tansu Demir
Chapter 11 Public Policy Analysis and Think Tanks ................................................................149
Diane Stone
Part IV
Policy Decision Making: Rationality, Networks, and Learning
Chapter 12 Rationality in Policy Decision Making ..................................................................161
Clinton J. Andrews
Chapter 13 Rational Choice in Public Policy: The Theory in Critical Perspective ..................173
Steven Griggs
Chapter 14 Taking Stock of Policy Networks: Do They Matter? .............................................187
Jörg Raab and Patrick Kenis
Chapter 15 Theories of Policy Learning: Agency, Structure, and Change ...............................201
John Grin and Anne Loeber
Part V
Deliberative Policy Analysis: Argumentation, Rhetoric, and Narratives
Chapter 16 Deliberative Policy Analysis as Practical Reason: Integrating Empirical
and Normative Arguments .....................................................................................223
Frank Fischer
Chapter 17 Rhetoric in Policy Making: Between Logos, Ethos, and Pathos ............................237
Herbert Gottweis
Chapter 18 Narrative Policy Analysis .......................................................................................251
Michel M.J. van Eeten
Part VI
Comparative, Cultural, and Ethical Perspectives
Chapter 19 Comparative Public Policy .....................................................................................273
Martin Lodge
Chapter 20 Applied Cultural Theory: Tool for Policy Analysis ................................................289
Robert Hoppe
Chapter 21 Ethical Issues and Public Policy .............................................................................309
Eileen Sullivan and Mary Segers
Chapter 22 Public Policy and Democratic Citizenship: What Kinds of Citizenship
Does Policy Promote? ............................................................................................329
Anne Larason Schneider and Helen Ingram
Part VII
Quantitatively Oriented Policy Methods
Chapter 23 Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis ..............................................................349
Kaifeng Yang
Chapter 24 The Use (and Misuse) of Surveys Research in Policy Analysis .............................369
Jerry Mitchell
Chapter 25 Social Experiments and Public Policy ....................................................................381
Caroline Danielson
Chapter 26 Policy Evaluation and Evaluation Research ...........................................................393
Hellmut Wollmann
Part VIII
Qualitative Policy Analysis: Interpretation, Meaning, and Content
Chapter 27 Qualitative-Interpretive Methods in Policy Research .............................................405
Dvora Yanow
Chapter 28 Qualitative Research and Public Policy..................................................................417
Alan R. Sadovnik
Chapter 29 Interpretation and Intention in Policy Analysis ......................................................429
Henk Wagenaar
Chapter 30 Context-Sensitive Policy Methods .........................................................................443
Susan E. Clarke
Part IX
Policy Decisions Techniques
Chapter 31 Cost-Benei t Analysis .............................................................................................465
Gerald J. Miller and Donijo Robbins
Chapter 32 Environmental Impact Assessment: Between Bureaucratic Process
and Social Learning ................................................................................................481
Yaakov Garb, Miriam Manon, and Deike Peters
Chapter 33 Technology Assessment as Policy Analysis: From Expert Advice ........................493
to Participatory Approaches
Bernard Reber
Chapter 34 Public Policy Mediation: From Argument to Collaboration ..................................513
David Laws and John Forester
Part X
Country Perspectives
Chapter 35 Policy Analysis in Britain .......................................................................................537
Wayne Parsons
Chapter 36 The Evolution of Policy Analysis in the Netherlands ............................................553
Igor Mayer
Chapter 37 Policy Analysis and Evaluation in Sweden: Discovering the Limits
of the Rationalistic Paradigm .................................................................................571
Jan-Eric Furubo
Chapter 38 The Policy Turn in German Political Science ........................................................587
Thomas Saretzki
Chapter 39 Policy Analysis in India: Research Bases and Discursive Practices ......................603
Navdeep Mathur and Kuldeep Mathur
Chapter 40 Korean Policy Analysis: From Economic Efi ciency to Public Participation .......617
Changhwan Mo
Index .......................................................................................................................625
Historical Perspectives
Chapter 1 The Policy Sciences at the Crossroads .......................................................................3
Peter deLeon and Danielle M. Vogenbeck
Chapter 2 Promoting the Policy Orientation: Lasswell in Context ...........................................15
Douglas Torgerson
Chapter 3 Public Policy, Social Science, and the State: An Historical Perspective ..................29
Peter Wagner
Part II
Policy Processes
Chapter 4 Theories of the Policy Cycle ....................................................................................43
Werner Jann and Kai Wegrich
Chapter 5 Agenda Setting in Public Policy ...............................................................................63
Thomas A. Birkland
Chapter 6 Policy Formulation: Design and Tools .....................................................................79
Mara S. Sidney
Chapter 7 Implementing Public Policy .....................................................................................89
Helga Pülzl and Oliver Treib
Chapter 8 Do Policies Determine Politics? .............................................................................109
Hubert Heinelt
Part III
Policy Politics, Advocacy, and Expertise
Chapter 9 A Guide to the Advocacy Coalition Framework ....................................................123
Christopher M. Weible and Paul A. Sabatier
Chapter 10 Policy Communities ...............................................................................................137
Hugh T. Miller and Tansu Demir
Chapter 11 Public Policy Analysis and Think Tanks ................................................................149
Diane Stone
Part IV
Policy Decision Making: Rationality, Networks, and Learning
Chapter 12 Rationality in Policy Decision Making ..................................................................161
Clinton J. Andrews
Chapter 13 Rational Choice in Public Policy: The Theory in Critical Perspective ..................173
Steven Griggs
Chapter 14 Taking Stock of Policy Networks: Do They Matter? .............................................187
Jörg Raab and Patrick Kenis
Chapter 15 Theories of Policy Learning: Agency, Structure, and Change ...............................201
John Grin and Anne Loeber
Part V
Deliberative Policy Analysis: Argumentation, Rhetoric, and Narratives
Chapter 16 Deliberative Policy Analysis as Practical Reason: Integrating Empirical
and Normative Arguments .....................................................................................223
Frank Fischer
Chapter 17 Rhetoric in Policy Making: Between Logos, Ethos, and Pathos ............................237
Herbert Gottweis
Chapter 18 Narrative Policy Analysis .......................................................................................251
Michel M.J. van Eeten
Part VI
Comparative, Cultural, and Ethical Perspectives
Chapter 19 Comparative Public Policy .....................................................................................273
Martin Lodge
Chapter 20 Applied Cultural Theory: Tool for Policy Analysis ................................................289
Robert Hoppe
Chapter 21 Ethical Issues and Public Policy .............................................................................309
Eileen Sullivan and Mary Segers
Chapter 22 Public Policy and Democratic Citizenship: What Kinds of Citizenship
Does Policy Promote? ............................................................................................329
Anne Larason Schneider and Helen Ingram
Part VII
Quantitatively Oriented Policy Methods
Chapter 23 Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis ..............................................................349
Kaifeng Yang
Chapter 24 The Use (and Misuse) of Surveys Research in Policy Analysis .............................369
Jerry Mitchell
Chapter 25 Social Experiments and Public Policy ....................................................................381
Caroline Danielson
Chapter 26 Policy Evaluation and Evaluation Research ...........................................................393
Hellmut Wollmann
Part VIII
Qualitative Policy Analysis: Interpretation, Meaning, and Content
Chapter 27 Qualitative-Interpretive Methods in Policy Research .............................................405
Dvora Yanow
Chapter 28 Qualitative Research and Public Policy..................................................................417
Alan R. Sadovnik
Chapter 29 Interpretation and Intention in Policy Analysis ......................................................429
Henk Wagenaar
Chapter 30 Context-Sensitive Policy Methods .........................................................................443
Susan E. Clarke
Part IX
Policy Decisions Techniques
Chapter 31 Cost-Benei t Analysis .............................................................................................465
Gerald J. Miller and Donijo Robbins
Chapter 32 Environmental Impact Assessment: Between Bureaucratic Process
and Social Learning ................................................................................................481
Yaakov Garb, Miriam Manon, and Deike Peters
Chapter 33 Technology Assessment as Policy Analysis: From Expert Advice ........................493
to Participatory Approaches
Bernard Reber
Chapter 34 Public Policy Mediation: From Argument to Collaboration ..................................513
David Laws and John Forester
Part X
Country Perspectives
Chapter 35 Policy Analysis in Britain .......................................................................................537
Wayne Parsons
Chapter 36 The Evolution of Policy Analysis in the Netherlands ............................................553
Igor Mayer
Chapter 37 Policy Analysis and Evaluation in Sweden: Discovering the Limits
of the Rationalistic Paradigm .................................................................................571
Jan-Eric Furubo
Chapter 38 The Policy Turn in German Political Science ........................................................587
Thomas Saretzki
Chapter 39 Policy Analysis in India: Research Bases and Discursive Practices ......................603
Navdeep Mathur and Kuldeep Mathur
Chapter 40 Korean Policy Analysis: From Economic Efi ciency to Public Participation .......617
Changhwan Mo
Index .......................................................................................................................625
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