Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contributors
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I Historical Perspectives
Chapter 1 The Policy Sciences at the Crossroads
Chapter 2 Promoting the Policy Orientation: Lasswell in Context
Chapter 3 Public Policy, Social Science, and the State: An Historical Perspective
Part II Policy Processes
Chapter 4 Theories of the Policy Cycle
Chapter 5 Agenda Setting in Public Policy
Chapter 6 Policy Formulation: Design and Tools
Chapter 7 Implementing Public Policy
Chapter 8 Do Policies Determine Politics?
Part III Policy Politics, Advocacy, and Expertise
Chapter 9 A Guide to the Advocacy Coalition Framework
Chapter 10 Policy Communities
Chapter 11 Public Policy Analysis and Think Tanks
Part IV Policy Decision Making: Rationality, Networks, and Learning
Chapter 12 Rationality in Policy Decision Making
Chapter 13 Rational Choice in Public Policy: The Theory in Critical Perspective
Chapter 14 Taking Stock of Policy Networks: Do They Matter?
Chapter 15 Theories of Policy Learning: Agency, Structure, and Change
Part V Deliberative Policy Analysis: Argumentation, Rhetoric, and Narratives
Chapter 16 Deliberative Policy Analysis as Practical Reason: Integrating Empirical and Normative Arguments
Chapter 17 Rhetoric in Policy Making: Between Logos, Ethos, and Pathos
Chapter 18 Narrative Policy Analysis
Part VI Comparative, Cultural, and Ethical Perspectives
Chapter 19 Comparative Public Policy
Chapter 20 Applied Cultural Theory: Tool for Policy Analysis
Chapter 21 Ethical Issues and Public Policy
Chapter 22 Public Policy and Democratic Citizenship: What Kinds of Citizenship Does Policy Promote?
Part VII Quantitatively Oriented Policy Methods
Chapter 23 Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis
Chapter 24 The Use (and Misuse) of Surveys Research in Policy Analysis
Chapter 25 Social Experiments and Public Policy
Chapter 26 Policy Evaluation and Evaluation Research
Part VIII Qualitative Policy Analysis: Interpretation, Meaning, and Content
Chapter 27 Qualitative-Interpretive Methods in Policy Research
Chapter 28 Qualitative Research and Public Policy
Chapter 29 Interpretation and Intention in Policy Analysis
Chapter 30 Context-Sensitive Policy Methods
Part IX Policy Decisions Techniques
Chapter 31 Cost-Benefit Analysis
Chapter 32 Environmental Impact Assessment: Between Bureaucratic Process and Social Learning
Chapter 33 Technology Assessment as Policy Analysis: From Expert Advice to Participatory Approaches
Chapter 34 Public Policy Mediation: From Argument to Collaboration
Part X Country Perspectives
Chapter 35 Policy Analysis in Britain
Chapter 36 The Evolution of Policy Analysis in the Netherlands
Chapter 37 Policy Analysis and Evaluation in Sweden: Discovering the Limits of the Rationalistic Paradigm
Chapter 38 The Policy Turn in German Political Science
Chapter 39 Policy Analysis in India: Research Bases and Discursive Practices
Chapter 40 Korean Policy Analysis: From Economic Efficiency to Public Participation
Index