The Practice of American Public Policymaking

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-7656-1775-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 530 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1225 g

Designed for upper-level and professional courses, this text is a state-of-the-art introduction to the public policymaking process that gives equal attention to issues of policy implementation and public governance. It uses an innovative systems approach, integrating the activities, actors, tools, and techniques of policymaking, to provide a comprehensive framework for policy design and analysis. The book is practice-oriented, with a focus on the ways that policymakers at all levels employ the standard "technologies" of governance - authority, agency, program, rule, contract, and budget - to design policy outputs and achieve policy outcomes. Through extensive use of graphics, the text makes concepts easy to grasp for a generation of students accustomed to the visual presentation of ideas. Case studies illustrate the tools and techniques discussed, and key terms, questions for discussion, and suggested readings round out each chapter.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Biggs, Selden

Helms, Lelia B.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I: Foundations; 1: Introduction; 2: Foundations; 3: Preview; II: Inputs; 4: Problems; 5: Politics and Policy Entrepreneurs; 6: Access, Lobbying, and Public Opinion; 7: Agenda Setting; III: Production; 8: Policy Technologies and Maps; 9: Authority; 10: Agency; 11: Program; 12: Rules; 13: Contract; 14: Budget; IV: Results; 15: Outputs; 16: Outcomes; V: Context and Content; 17: Context: An Overview of Policy Sectors; 18: Context: The Government Sector; 19: Context: Market, Civil, and Private Sectors; 20: Content: Policies and Policymaking; VI: Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Selden Biggs, Lelia B. Helms