Analysing Public PolicyAn accessible review of the main approaches in the study of public policy, this text argues that most writers who seek to explain how policy varies and changes use one of the five frameworks: institutional, group/network, socio-economic, rational choice and ideas-based. It describes these methods in detail, offers constructive criticisms and explores their claims in the light of American, British and French examples |
Contents
Stages Models | 22 |
Institutional Approaches | 38 |
Group and Network Approaches | 66 |
Socioeconomic Approaches | 92 |
Rational Choice Theory | 116 |
Ideas | 144 |
A Synthesis through Evolution | 167 |
Conclusion | 196 |
Glossary | 203 |
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