Public policy : an introduction to the theory and practice of policy analysis /
Wayne Parsons.
- xviii, 675 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 617-651) and index.
List of figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- Meta Analysis -- 'Public' and 'policy' as concepts -- The development of the policy approach -- Kinds of policy analysts and policy analysis -- Varieties of analytical frameworks -- Philosophical frameworks -- Analysis and the policy process -- Models, maps and metaphors -- Paradigms lost and found: shifts in the focus and frameworks of policy analysis -- Stages and cycles: mapping the policy process -- The arrangement of Parts Two, Three and Four -- Meso Analysis -- Social problem approaches -- Public opinion and public policy -- Theories of agenda control -- Typologies of policy issues -- Pluralism, non-decision-making and the third dimension of power -- Neo-Marxist and critical approaches -- Knowledge and the policy agenda -- Policies and problems as symbols -- Networks, streams, advocacy coalitions and punctuated equilibrium -- Analysing the boundaries -- Globalization and policy-making: the international parameters -- Decision Analysis -- Decision-making: frameworks and disciplinary contexts -- Power approaches to decision-making -- Rationality and decision-making -- The public choice approach to decision-making -- Institutional approaches -- Personality, cognition and information processing in decision-making -- Policy analysis and public decisions -- Rational decision-making and the quest for knowledgeable governance -- Critiques of policy analysis -- Delivery Analysis -- The arrangement of Part Four -- Implementation -- Delivery systems -- Evaluation -- Change and continuity in policy-making -- Promise and performance: evaluating impact and outcomes -- Conclusion: Beyond delivery and towards democratization -- Bibliography -- Index. Pt. 1. 1.2. 1.3. 1.4. 1.5. 1.6. 1.7. 1.8. 1.9. 1.10. 1.11. Pt. 2. 2.2. 2.3. 2.4. 2.5. 2.6. 2.7. 2.8. 2.9. 2.10. 2.11. 2.12. Pt. 3. 3.2. 3.3. 3.4. 3.5. 3.6. 3.7. 3.8. 3.9. 3.10. Pt. 4. 4.2. 4.3. 4.4. 4.5. 4.6. 4.7. 4.8.