ABSTRACT

In this new edition of his classic reader, Michael Hill seeks to make the selected extracts reflect a more European outlook on the processess of policy-making and implementation. With reference to the third edition of his popular textbook, The Policy Process in the Modern State, Hill has maintained the thematic approach of the first edition, looking in turn at approaches to policy making in Europe, power, bureaucracy and the State, the rationality/incrememtalism debate, the role of organisational theory in policy implementation, street-level bureaucracy and discretion. Already praised as one of the best readers available in thisfield, Michael Hill's new edition will be even more valued as a reference and teaching resource by students and lecturers alike.

part I|38 pages

The policy process and policy analysis

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

chapter |9 pages

Policy analysis

Models and approaches

part II|117 pages

Theories of the state

part III|54 pages

The policy process

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

chapter |19 pages

Master of fate or victim of circumstance?

The exercise of corporate power in environmental policy-making

part IV|103 pages

Implementation

part V|127 pages

Organizations, rules and bureaucrats

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter |13 pages

Collaboration in social welfare

A framework for analysis

chapter |25 pages

Rules, discretion, and legitimacy

chapter |4 pages

Street-level bureaucracy

An introduction

chapter |11 pages

Michael Lipsky and street level bureaucracy

A neglected perspective