ABSTRACT

This Handbook provides a comprehensive global survey of the policy process. Written by an outstanding line up of distinguished scholars and practitioners, the Handbook covers all aspects of the policy process including:

  • Theory – from rational choice to the new institutionalism
  • Frameworks – network theory, advocacy coalition and development models
  • Key stages in the process – Formulation, implementation and evaluation
  • Agenda setting and decision making
  • The roles of key actors and institutions

This is an invaluable resource for all scholars, graduate students and practitioners in public policy and policy analysis.

part |50 pages

Understanding the agenda-setting process

part |55 pages

Understanding the formulation process

part |58 pages

Understanding the decision-making process

part |64 pages

Understanding the evaluation process

chapter |19 pages

Randomized control trials

What are they, why are they promoted as the gold standard for causal identification and what can they (not) tell us?

part |46 pages

Policy dynamics

chapter |11 pages

Policy dynamics and change

The never-ending puzzle

chapter |11 pages

Policy trajectories and legacies

Path dependency revisited