Making public policy : institutions, actors, strategies /
Mark Considine.
- Cambridge, UK ; Polity Press, 2005.
- viii, 262 p. ; 23 cm.
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