Making public policy : institutions, actors, strategies / Mark Considine.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface vii
1 Policy Interventions
1 (7)
2 Analysing Actors: Bill, Bruno and Anna
8 (18)
3 Analysing the Policy Context
26 (25)
4 Analysing Policy Values
51 (20)
5 Analysing Policy Discourse
71 (13)
6 Institutions: Elections, Executives and Legislatures
84 (21)
7 Institutions: Courts, Bureaucracies and Budgets
105 (18)
8 Policy Interventions and Networks
123 (18)
9 Policy Interventions and Organizations
141 (24)
10 Policy Interventions and Governance 165 (21)
11 Policy Interventions and Citizen Engagement 186 (21)
12 Policy Interventions and Accountability 207 (17)
13 Conclusions: Understanding Interactions, Devising Interventions 224 (18)
Bibliography 242 (16)
Index 258

This text provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to key issues and contemporary debates in public policy. It develops a framework for understanding the way social contexts, policy histories and institutional pathways generate opportunities

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