02791nam 2200649 a 450 991096532390332120200520144314.09786611385392978144730299514473029909781281385390128138539597818474229961847422993(CKB)1000000000535162(EBL)419292(OCoLC)476249794(SSID)ssj0000223312(PQKBManifestationID)11186051(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000223312(PQKBWorkID)10182085(PQKB)10191076(UtOrBLW)PPO00042(DE-B1597)646300(DE-B1597)9781847422996(MiAaPQ)EBC419292(Perlego)3565011(EXLCZ)99100000000053516220070612d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPolicy reconsidered meanings, politics and practices /edited by Susan M. Hodgson and Zoe Irving1st ed.Bristol, U.K. Policy Pressc20071 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781861349132 1861349130 Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-239) and index.Policy reconsidered; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on the contributors; 1. Policy and its exploration; Part One: Meanings; 2. The meaning of policy/policy as meaning; 3. Policy and 'the good society'; 4. Categorising and policy making; Part Two: Politics; 5. Language, politics and values; 6. Business, power, policy and politics; 7. (Social) Policy and politics at the international level; Part Three: Practices; 8. Ethics, research and policy; 9. User involvement; 10. Policies as translation: situating transnational social policies; 11. Studying policy: a way forward; References; IndexThis book identifies key topics within the policy arena and subjects them to sustained theoretical and practical appraisal. It shows the gains to be made from applying a cross-disciplinary lens to the study of 'policy', with contributors presenting critical and reflective engagements with the theory and practice of policy at all levels of political organisation and within a range of contexts.Policy sciencesPolicy sciences.320.688.60bclHodgson Susan M1802542Irving Zoe1802543MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910965323903321Policy reconsidered4348510UNINA