TY  - BOOK
AU  - Parsons,D.W.
TI  - Public policy: an introduction to the theory and practice of policy analysis 
SN  - 1852785535
AV  - H97 .P373 1995
U1  - 320.6 20
PY  - 1995///]
CY  - Aldershot, UK, Brookfield, Vt., US
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - Policy sciences
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 617-651) and index; List of figures --; Preface --; Introduction --; Pt. 1; Meta Analysis --; 1.2; 'Public' and 'policy' as concepts --; 1.3; The development of the policy approach --; 1.4; Kinds of policy analysts and policy analysis --; 1.5; Varieties of analytical frameworks --; 1.6; Philosophical frameworks --; 1.7; Analysis and the policy process --; 1.8; Models, maps and metaphors --; 1.9; Paradigms lost and found: shifts in the focus and frameworks of policy analysis --; 1.10; Stages and cycles: mapping the policy process --; 1.11; The arrangement of Parts Two, Three and Four --; Pt. 2; Meso Analysis --; 2.2; Social problem approaches --; 2.3; Public opinion and public policy --; 2.4; Theories of agenda control --; 2.5; Typologies of policy issues --; 2.6; Pluralism, non-decision-making and the third dimension of power --; 2.7; Neo-Marxist and critical approaches --; 2.8; Knowledge and the policy agenda --; 2.9; Policies and problems as symbols --; 2.10; Networks, streams, advocacy coalitions and punctuated equilibrium --; 2.11; Analysing the boundaries --; 2.12; Globalization and policy-making: the international parameters --; Pt. 3; Decision Analysis --; 3.2; Decision-making: frameworks and disciplinary contexts --; 3.3; Power approaches to decision-making --; 3.4; Rationality and decision-making --; 3.5; The public choice approach to decision-making --; 3.6; Institutional approaches --; 3.7; Personality, cognition and information processing in decision-making --; 3.8; Policy analysis and public decisions --; 3.9; Rational decision-making and the quest for knowledgeable governance --; 3.10; Critiques of policy analysis --; Pt. 4; Delivery Analysis --; 4.2; The arrangement of Part Four --; 4.3; Implementation --; 4.4; Delivery systems --; 4.5; Evaluation --; 4.6; Change and continuity in policy-making --; 4.7; Promise and performance: evaluating impact and outcomes --; 4.8; Conclusion: Beyond delivery and towards democratization --; Bibliography --; Index
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