This book argues that policy-making is values-driven rather than, as is traditionally argued, the result of interest-driven politics or the consequences of path-dependent/institutionalist perspectives. Stewart devotes chapters to major values which drive public policy across developed nations such a
Public Policy Values
โ Scribed by Jenny Stewart (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 248
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-13
What Are Policy Values?....Pages 14-32
Value Conflict and Policy Change....Pages 33-46
Implementing Fairness....Pages 47-67
The Impact of Efficiency....Pages 68-86
Values and Policy Instruments....Pages 87-107
Where Policy Meets the Personal....Pages 108-123
Values and Public Management....Pages 124-145
Greenness and Growth....Pages 146-169
Universality and Choice in Health and Education....Pages 170-185
Conclusion....Pages 186-206
Back Matter....Pages 207-240
โฆ Subjects
Public Policy; Political Science; Ethics; Political Economy; Public Administration
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