Handbook of Policy Formulation
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78471-931-9 (ISBN)
The Handbook unites a wide range of expert contributors who examine the roles played by policy actors, institutions and ideas in answering fundamental questions about policy formulation such as who undertakes it, how, when, where and why. Through seven thematic sections this Handbook discusses a wide range of topics related to formulation such as the nature of policy design, instrument choice, policy appraisal, policy advice and the politics of defining and resolving policy problems.
Contributors include: C. Adelle, J. Bandola-Gill, R. Burroughs, C. Eichbaum, M. Galizzi, A. Gunn, H. Gunter, M.P. Howlett, H.M. Ingram, D.S.L. Jarvis, G.F. Johnson, P.D. Jorgensen, J. Kohoutek, C. Koski, M. Lehtonen, D. Linders, C. Lyall, L. Ma, M. Maor, C. Matheson, P.J. May, J.G. McGann, I. Mukherjee, S. Nair, M. Nekola, J. Rayner, A.L. Schneider, J. Scott, R. Shaw, A. Simons, N. Stramp, H. Strassheim, M. van der Steen, A. Veselý, J.-P. Voß, S. Weiland, M. Wilder, A.R. Zito
Edited by Michael Howlett, Burnaby Mountain Professor and Canada Research Chair, Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Canada and Ishani Mukherjee, School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University
Contents:
Part I – Introduction: Policy Formulation and the Policy Process
1. Policy formulation: Where knowledge meets power in the policy process
Michael Howlett and Ishani Mukherjee
2. The central conundrums of policy formulation: Ill-structured problems and uncertainty
Sreeja Nair and Michael Howlett
3. Policy formulation as policy work: Developing options for government
Martin Nekola and Jan Kohoutek
4. Positive and negative feedback in policy formulation
Richard Burroughs
Part II – What is Formulated: Choosing Policy Instruments and Policy Goals
5. Problem delimitation in policy formulation
Arnošt Veselý
6. Policy tools and their role in policy formulation: Dealing with procedural and substantive instruments
Michael Howlett
7. Patching vs packaging in policy formulation: Assessing policy portfolio design
Michael Howlett and Jeremy Rayner
8. The elements of effective program design: A two-level analysis
Michael Howlett, Ishani Mukherjee and Jeremy Rayner
Part III – Formal and Informal Analytical Techniques in Policy Formulation
9. Formal policy appraisal techniques and policy formulation
Camilla Adelle and Sabine Weiland
10. Operationalizing information: Measures and indicators in policy formulation
Markku Lehtonen
11. Anticipation tools in policy formulation: Forecasting, foresight and implications for policy planning
Martijn van der Steen
12. The role of public participation and deliberation in policy formulation
Genevieve Fuji Johnson
Part IV – Policy Advice and the Policy Formulation Process
13. Policy advice and policy advisory systems in policy formulation
Jonathan Craft and Michael Howlett
14. The organization of policy formulation
Craig Matheson
15. Knowledge brokers and policy advice in policy formulation
Justyna Bandola-Gill and Catherine Lyall
16. Policy entrepreneurs and policy formulation
Andrew Gunn
Part V – Formulating Policy Problems
17. Issue expertise in policymaking
Peter J. May, Chris Koski and Nicholas Stramp
18. Expert networks and epistemic communities: Articulating knowledge and collective entrepreneurship
Anthony R. Zito
19. Framing the target in policy formulation: The importance of social constructions
Anne Schneider and Helen Ingram
20. Consultants and policy formulation
Helen M. Gunter
Part VI – Formulating Policy Solutions
21. Policy instrument constituencies
Arno Simons and Jan-Peter Voß
22. Think tanks, politics and the policy-making process: Catalysts for ideas and action
James G. McGann
23. Exogeneity and convergence in policy formulation: Contested theories, approaches and perspectives
Darryl S.L. Jarvis
24. Behavioral aspects of policy formulation: Experiments, behavioral insights, nudges
Matteo M. Galizzi
Part VII – The Politics of Policy Formulation
25. Policy paradigms and the formulation process
Matt Wilder
26. The politics of policy formulation: Overcoming subsystem dynamics
Paul Jorgensen
27. The impact of political parties, executives and political staff on policy formulation
Christopher Eichbaum and Richard Shaw
28. Mechanisms of influence: Interest groups, lobbyists and policy formulation
John C. Scott
Part VIII – Trends and Patterns of Policy Formulation
29. Trends towards the externalization and politicization of policy advice in policy formulation
Jonathan Craft and Michael Howlett
30. Trends towards evidence-based policy formulation
Holger Strassheim
31. The changing role of the public in policy formulation: From mass media to social media
Dennis Linders and Liang Ma
32. Policy overreaction doctrine: From ideal-type to context-sensitive solution in times of crisis
Moshe Maor
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 01.02.2018 |
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Reihe/Serie | Handbooks of Research on Public Policy series |
Verlagsort | Cheltenham |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 169 x 244 mm |
Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 1-78471-931-5 / 1784719315 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78471-931-9 / 9781784719319 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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