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Title Handbook of public policy / edited by B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre
Published London ; Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, 2006
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 512 pages) : illustrations
Contents Making policy. The three action levels of governance : re-framing the policy process beyond the stages model / Peter L. Hupe and Michael J. Hill ; The policy sciences : past, present, and future / Peter DeLeon and Christine R. Martell ; Behavioral rationality and the policy processes : toward a new model of organizational information processing / Bryan D. Jones, Graeme Boushey and Samuel Workman ; Policy design : ubiquitous, necessary and difficult / Davis B. Bobrow ; Networks and bargaining in policy analysis / Peter Bogason ; Concepts and theories of horizontal policy management / B. Guy Peters ; Budgeting / Irene S. Rubin ; Implementation / Søren C. Winter -- Substantive policy areas. Constitution and rights / John Uhr ; Social policy : pensions / Helen Fawcett ; Social policy : is there a crisis of the welfare state? / Harold L. Wilensky ; Health policy / Michael Moran ; Education policy / Susan Marton ; Environmental policy / Christoph Knill ; Cultural policy / Kevin V. Mulcahy ; Tax policy / B. Guy Peters ; Industrial policy in developed nations / Richard D. Bingham ; Agriculture and food / Wyn Grant ; Transportation and infrastructure / Kenneth Button ; Foreign policy / Walter Carlsnaes ; Criminal justice policy / Tim Newburn ; Privatisation by divestment / Ian Thynne
Evaluating policy. Evaluation research / Evert Vedung ; Efficiency and cost-benefit analysis / Aidan R. Vining and David L. Weimer ; Ethics and public policy / Gary Bryner ; Performance and performance management / Geert Bouckaert and John Halligan ; Argumentative policy analysis / Herbert Gottweis ; Disciplinary perspectives / Jon Pierre
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Political planning -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals.
Form Electronic book
Author Peters, B. Guy.
Pierre, Jon.
ISBN 9781446206782 (electronic bk.)
1446206785 (electronic bk.)