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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461512203321

Autore

John Peter <1960-, >

Titolo

Analyzing public policy / / Peter John

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-45894-2

9786613458940

1-136-48642-9

0-203-13621-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Routledge textbooks in policy studies

Disciplina

320.6

Soggetti

Policy sciences

Political planning

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed. published as: Analysing public policy. London ; New York : Pinter, 1998, in series: Critical political studies (Pinter (Firm)).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Analyzing Public Policy; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgments to the second edition; Acknowledgments to the first edition; 1 The study of public policy; 2 Stages; 3 Institutions; 4 Groups and networks; 5 Exogenous determinants; 6 Rational actors; 7 Ideas; 8 A synthesis; 9 Conclusion; Glossary; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The fully revised and updated new edition of this textbook continues to provide the most accessible overview of the main approaches in the study of public policy. It seeks to review the most common and widely used frameworks in the study of policy analysis:institutionsgroups and networkssociety and the economyindividual interestsideas.The book explains each one, offers constructive criticisms and explores their claims in the light of a variety of American, British and European examples. Arguing that no one framewo