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Policy / H. K. Colebatch.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Concepts in the social sciencesAnalytics: Show analyticsPublisher: Buckingham ; Philadelphia, PA. : Open University Press, 2002Edition: 2nd. editionDescription: vii, 151 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0335209726
  • 9780335209729
  • 0335209718
  • 9780335209712
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 321.6 21
LOC classification:
  • H97 .C628 2002
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1. Why Worry About It? 1 --2. What's the Idea? 7 --3. Who Makes Policy? 22 --4. Where Is It Made? 38 --5. What Is It For? 49 --6. What's the Alternative? 67 --7. What Do They Say About It? 82 --8. What Does It Look Like on the Ground? 96 --9. How Do You Do It? 110 --10. Where Do We Go from Here? 123.
Review: "This revised edition of a highly successful text provides an even sharper critical analysis than before in exploring power, decision-making, and the implications for policy. It has been extensively updated and expanded taking a comparative approach and addressing differences in the meaning and significance of policy in different political traditions. It is a book about policy - not about what governments do ('public policy') or about particular fields of policy (such as 'health policy' or 'education policy'), but about policy as a concept - an idea which can be used to make sense of the way in which we are governed, and make a difference to decisions that affect our lives. In clear language, the author addresses the fundamental questions about the place of policy in governing: who makes policy? where? why? what has been written about it? This is a book that is relevant for the student studying the subject, the public official or community activist engaged in making policy, and the interested member of the public who wants to know where policy comes from, and why it matters."--BOOK JACKET.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 321.6 COL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A408341B
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 321.6 COL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A371207B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-147) and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Why Worry About It? 1 --2. What's the Idea? 7 --3. Who Makes Policy? 22 --4. Where Is It Made? 38 --5. What Is It For? 49 --6. What's the Alternative? 67 --7. What Do They Say About It? 82 --8. What Does It Look Like on the Ground? 96 --9. How Do You Do It? 110 --10. Where Do We Go from Here? 123.

"This revised edition of a highly successful text provides an even sharper critical analysis than before in exploring power, decision-making, and the implications for policy. It has been extensively updated and expanded taking a comparative approach and addressing differences in the meaning and significance of policy in different political traditions. It is a book about policy - not about what governments do ('public policy') or about particular fields of policy (such as 'health policy' or 'education policy'), but about policy as a concept - an idea which can be used to make sense of the way in which we are governed, and make a difference to decisions that affect our lives. In clear language, the author addresses the fundamental questions about the place of policy in governing: who makes policy? where? why? what has been written about it? This is a book that is relevant for the student studying the subject, the public official or community activist engaged in making policy, and the interested member of the public who wants to know where policy comes from, and why it matters."--BOOK JACKET.

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