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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|38 pages
The policy process and policy analysis
part II|117 pages
Theories of the state
part III|54 pages
The policy process
chapter |19 pages
Master of fate or victim of circumstance?
part IV|103 pages
Implementation
part V|127 pages
Organizations, rules and bureaucrats