Studying public policy : Policy cycles and policy subsystems
/ Howlett,Michael
- 2nd ed.
- Oxford Oxford University Press 2003
- 311 p
Part 1 : Introduction 1. Policy science and policy cycles 2. Approaches to public policy Part 2 : Institutions, Actors and Instruments 3. Policy actors and institutions 4. Policy instruments Part 3 : The Public Policy Process 5. Agenda setting : policy determination policy ideas ad policy windows 6. Policy formulation: policy communities and policy networks 7. Public policy decision making : beyond rationalism and instrumentalism 8. Policy implementation : policy design and implementation Part 4 : Understanding Policy Change 9. Policy regimes and policy dynamics 10. Afterword : still studying public policy