Edited by Giliberto Capano, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy, Michael Howlett, Burnaby Mountain Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1), Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Canada, M Ramesh, Professor and UNESCO Chair of Social Policy Design in Asia and Altaf Virani, Ph.D. Candidate, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

• Contents:PART I INTRODUCTION: WHY STUDY POLICY MECHANISMS?1. Disentangling the Mechanistic Chain for Better Policy DesignGiliberto Capano, Michael Howlett and M. Ramesh2. Policy Process Research and the Causal Mechanism Movement: Reinvigorating the Field?Evert Lindquist and Adam WellsteadPART II FIRST ORDER MECHANISMS AND CASES3. Structural Mechanisms Affecting Policy Subsystems Activity: Beyond Individual and Group Behavioural Propensities in Policy Design and Policy ChangeMichael Howlett4. The Mechanisms of Food Waste Prevention: Theory, Design, and Practice for Changing Behaviours\Simone Busetti and Bruno Dente5. How Neglecting Policy Mechanisms Can Lead to Policy Failure: Insights from Public-Private Partnerships in India’s Health SectorAltaf Virani and M. Ramesh6. Design Activation in Multi-level Settings Maria Tullia Galanti and Sarah GiestPART III SECOND ORDER MECHANISMS AND CASES7. Policy Instruments, Policy Learning and Politics: Impact Assessment in the European UnionClaire A. Dunlop and Claudio M. Radaelli8. Accountability Mechanisms: The Case of the European Banking Union Mattia Guidi9. Advancing the Theory and Practice of Public Sector Reform through the Analysis of Social MechanismsEdoardo OngaroPART IV USING MECHANISTIC METHODS FOR POLICY DESIGN AND ANALYSIS10. Reverse Engineering and Policy DesignR. Kent Weaver11. Looping to Success (and Failure): Second-order Mechanisms and Policy OutcomesMallory Compton and Paul ‘t HartIndex

Edited by Giliberto Capano, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy, Michael Howlett, Burnaby Mountain Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1), Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Canada, M Ramesh, Professor and UNESCO Chair of Social Policy Design in Asia and Altaf Virani, Ph.D. Candidate, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

• Contents:PART I INTRODUCTION: WHY STUDY POLICY MECHANISMS?1. Disentangling the Mechanistic Chain for Better Policy DesignGiliberto Capano, Michael Howlett and M. Ramesh2. Policy Process Research and the Causal Mechanism Movement: Reinvigorating the Field?Evert Lindquist and Adam WellsteadPART II FIRST ORDER MECHANISMS AND CASES3. Structural Mechanisms Affecting Policy Subsystems Activity: Beyond Individual and Group Behavioural Propensities in Policy Design and Policy ChangeMichael Howlett4. The Mechanisms of Food Waste Prevention: Theory, Design, and Practice for Changing Behaviours\Simone Busetti and Bruno Dente5. How Neglecting Policy Mechanisms Can Lead to Policy Failure: Insights from Public-Private Partnerships in India’s Health SectorAltaf Virani and M. Ramesh6. Design Activation in Multi-level Settings Maria Tullia Galanti and Sarah GiestPART III SECOND ORDER MECHANISMS AND CASES7. Policy Instruments, Policy Learning and Politics: Impact Assessment in the European UnionClaire A. Dunlop and Claudio M. Radaelli8. Accountability Mechanisms: The Case of the European Banking Union Mattia Guidi9. Advancing the Theory and Practice of Public Sector Reform through the Analysis of Social MechanismsEdoardo OngaroPART IV USING MECHANISTIC METHODS FOR POLICY DESIGN AND ANALYSIS10. Reverse Engineering and Policy DesignR. Kent Weaver11. Looping to Success (and Failure): Second-order Mechanisms and Policy OutcomesMallory Compton and Paul ‘t HartIndex