Modern Guide to Public Policy

Edited by Giliberto Capano, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy and Michael Howlett, Burnaby Mountain Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1), Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Canada

‘This timely contribution gathers the rich body of literature in policy studies within a comprehensive framework. Edited by two of the world’s leading scholars in the field, the volume builds on the contribution of both prominent and emerging scholars to make a critical presentation and examination of the state of the art in public policy analysis. The book successfully combines the theoretical milestones of policy studies and the empirical reality of public policymaking to become an indispensable guide for students, academics and practitioners interested in the question of how to make policies work.’

• Contents:1. IntroductionCapano and HowlettPART 1 – STUDYING PUBLIC POLICY ACTORS & DYNAMICS2. Public Policy: Definitions & Approaches Howlett and Cashore3. Studying Policy Dynamics: Policy Cycles and Regimes Perl4. Mapping Policy Agents: policy entrepreneurs, advocacy coalitions, epistemic communities, instrument constituenciesBeland and HaelgPART 2 – STUDYING THE POLICY CONTEXT & PROCESSES5. Addressing Uncertainty and Ambiguity in policymaking: advancements and dilemmas Nair6. Making sense of the babble of policy-making: A general framework of the policy processGoyal and Howlett7. Policy Over- and Underreaction: From Unintentional Error to Deliberate Policy Response MaorPART 3 – STUDYING POLICY MECHANISMS & BEHAVIOUR8. Studying Public Policy: A Mechanistic PerspectiveCapano9. Types of Policy Mechanisms: 1st- and 2nd Order Mechanisms. A case study application Busetti and Capano10. Understanding Policy Target Behaviour: Compliance Problems & the Limitations of the Utility ParadigmHowlettPART 4 – STUDYING POLICY TOOLS & CAPACITIES11. Policy Instruments: Definitions & Approaches Howlett12. Policy Resources, Capacities and Capabilities Wu, Ramesh and Howlett13. Understanding Complex Policy Mixes: Conceptual and Empirical ChallengesSewerinPART 5 – STUDYING POLICY OUTPUTS & OUTCOMES14. Policy Design and Non-Design: Discerning the Content of Policy Packaging, Patching, Stretching and Layering Capano and Mukherjee15. The lessons of policy learning: types, triggers, hindrances and pathologies Dunlop and Radaelli16. Policy Dismantling, Accumulation & Performance Knill, Steinebach, Adam and HurkaIndex