02764cam a22003498i 450000100090000000300050000900500170001400800410003101000150007202000290008702000260011602000300014202000270017202000260019904000290022505000080025410000540026224500660031625000190038226400550040126400110045630000460046733600210051333700250053433800230055950400510058250505600063352011550119365000200234865000160236870000300238421742377UIAM20240701155202.0201002t2021    enka   g b    001 0 eng c  a2020044561  a9780367445362 (hardback)  a0367445360 (hardback)  a9780367445348 (paperback)  a0367445344 (paperback)  a9781003010203 (ebook)  aDLCbengerdacDLCdUIAM 0aH971 aHill, Michael J.q(Michael James),d1937-eauthor14aThe public policy process /cMichael Hill and Frederic Varone  aEighth edition 1aAbingdon, Oxon ;aNew York, NY :bRoutledge,c2021 4c©2021  axii, 388 pages :billustrations ;c25 cm.  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aPart 1 Policy Theories -- Studying the policy process -- Theories of power and the policy process -- Interests and groups -- Institutional theory -- Comparative policy process Studies -- Integrating theoretical approaches -- Part 2 Analysis of the Policy Process -- Policy and politics -- Agenda setting -- Policy formulation -- Implementation: an overview -- Bureaucracy: organisational structures and processes -- Discretion, rules and street-level bureaucracy -- The policy process in the age of governance -- Conclusion: evaluation and accountability.  a"The Public Policy Process is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the process by which public policy is made. Explaining clearly the importance of the relationship between theoretical and practical aspects of policymaking, the book gives a thorough overview of the people and organisations involved in the process. Fully revised and updated for an 8th edition, The Public Policy Process provides: Clear exploration, using many illustrations, of how policy is made and implemented; Examines challenges to effective policy making in critical areas - such as inequality and climate change - including the influence of powerful interests and the Covid-19 pandemic ; New material on unequal democracies, interest groups influence, behavioural policy analysis, global policies and evidence-based decision making; Additional European and comparative international examples. This text is essential reading for students of public policy, public administration and management, as well as more broadly highly relevant to related courses in health and nursing, social welfare, environment, development and local government".--Provided by publisher. 0aPolicy sciences 0aBureaucracy1 aVarone, Frederic,eauthor