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085 0 0 _aCAS 320.6/C12
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100 1 _aCairney, Paul,
_d1973-
245 1 0 _aUnderstanding public policy :
_btheories and issues /
_cPaul Cairney.
264 _aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;
_aNew York :
_bPalgrave Macmillan,
_c©2012.
300 _axvii, 327 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 _aMachine generated contents note: -- Introduction: A Multiple Lens Approach to Policy Change -- What is Public Policy and How Do We Identify Continuity and Change? -- Power, Governance and Decision-Making -- Institutions and Policy Change -- Rationality and Incrementalism -- Structural explanations -- Rational Choice theory -- Multi-level Governance -- Punctuated Equilibrium and Venue Shift -- Advocacy Coalition Framework -- The Role of Ideas, Knowledge and Beliefs -- Policy Transfer -- Implementation, Evaluation and Learning -- Conclusion.
520 _a"This book is a new introduction to theories of public policy. The author provides an accessible assessment of a wide range of theories and models from policy cycles, policy transfer, rational choice and socio-economic explanations to multi-level governance, advocacy coalitions and punctuated equilibrium and of their value to policy analysis"--Provided by publisher.
521 _aCAS
650 0 _aPolitical planning.
650 0 _aPublic administration.
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