Policy Consultancy In Comparative Perspective

Author : Caspar van den Berg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108496679
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Policy Consultancy in Comparative Perspective written by Caspar van den Berg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sheds new light on the use of external public policy consultants from an interdisciplinary and international comparative approach.

Author : Marleen Brans
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131733745X
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Comparative Policy Analysis written by Marleen Brans and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-04-28 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook presents the first comprehensive study of policy analytical practices in comparative perspective. It explores emerging developments and innovations in the field and advances knowledge of the nature and quality of policy analysis across different countries and at different levels of government by all relevant actors, both inside and outside government, who contribute to the diagnosis of problems and the search for policy solutions. Handbook chapters examine all aspects of the science, art and craft of policy analysis. They do so both at the often-studied national level, and also at the less well-known level of sub-national and local governments. In addition to studying governments, the Handbook also examines for the first time the practices and policy work of a range of non-governmental actors, including think tanks, interest groups, business actors, labour groups, media, political parties and non-profits. Bringing together a rich collection of cases and a renowned group of scholars, the Handbook constitutes a landmark study in the field.

Author : M. Ramesh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108676952
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Health Policy in Asia written by M. Ramesh and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-09 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book assesses the policy actions of select Asian governments (China, India, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand) to address critical health system functions from a policy design perspective. The findings show that all governments in the region have made tremendous strides in focussing their attention on the core issues and, especially, the interactions among them. However, there is still insufficient appreciation of the usefulness of public hospitals and their efficient management. Similarly, some governments have not made sufficient efforts to establish an effective regulatory framework which is especially vital in systems with a large share of private providers and payers. A well-run public hospital system and an effective framework for regulating private providers are essential tools to support the governance, financing, and payment reforms underway in the six health systems studied in this book.

Author : Michael Howlett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351618466
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Policy Styles and Policy-Making written by Michael Howlett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richardson et al.’s respected and seminal Policy Styles in Western Europe (1982) shed valuable light on how countries tend to establish long-term and distinctive ways to make policies that transcend short-term imperatives and issues. This follow-up volume updates those arguments and significantly expands the coverage, consisting of 16 carefully selected country-level case studies from around the world. Furthermore, it includes different types of political regimes and developmental levels to test more widely the robustness of the patterns and variables highlighted in the original book. The case studies – covering countries from the United States, Canada, Germany and the UK to Russia, Togo and Vietnam – follow a uniform structure, combining theoretical considerations and the presentation of empirical material to reveal how the distinct cultural and institutional features of modern states continue to have implications for the making and implementation of public policy decisions within them. The book is essential reading for students and scholars of public policy, public administration, comparative politics and development studies.

Author : Giliberto Capano
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1788118197
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Policies Work written by Giliberto Capano and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Policy design efforts are hampered by inadequate understanding of how policy tools and actions promote effective policies. The objective of this book is to address this gap in understanding by proposing a causal theory of the linkages between policy actions and policy effects. Adopting a mechanistic perspective, the book identifies the causal processes that activate effects and help achieve goals. It thus offers a powerful analytical tool to both scholars and practitioners of public policy seeking to design effective policies.

Author : Jonathan Craft
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108421490
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Advising Governments in the Westminster Tradition written by Jonathan Craft and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and comparative analysis of who advises government and how systems of policy advice operate in four Westminster countries.

Author : Michael Howlett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000364194
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Policy Styles written by Michael Howlett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-02-28 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook provides a systematic overview of the study of policy styles provided by leading experts in the field. The book unites theoretical bases and advancements in practice, ranging from the fundamentals of policy styles to its place in greater policy studies, and responds to new questions regarding policy style dynamics across a range of government levels and activities, including contemporary trends affecting styles such as the use of digital tools and big data in government. It is a comprehensive reference for students and scholars of public policy. Key features: consolidates and advances the contemporary body of knowledge on policy styles and defines its distinctiveness within broader policy studies; provides a detailed picture of national policy styles in a wide range of countries as well as insights concerning sectoral and other kinds of styles within countries, including executive styles and styles of policy advice; systematically explores questions dealing with how policy styles impact policy goals, and the realization of policies, including how styles affect instruments choices and impact; provides a guide to future comparative research pathways and cross-sectoral dialogue on the concept and practice of policy styles. The Routledge Handbook Policy Styles is essential reading and an authoritative reference for scholars, students, researchers and practitioners of public policy, public administration, public management as well as for comparative politics and government, public organizations and individual policy areas such as health policy, welfare policy, industrial policy, environmental policy, among others.

Author : Marleen Brans
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317337468
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Comparative Policy Analysis written by Marleen Brans and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-04-28 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook presents the first comprehensive study of policy analytical practices in comparative perspective. It explores emerging developments and innovations in the field and advances knowledge of the nature and quality of policy analysis across different countries and at different levels of government by all relevant actors, both inside and outside government, who contribute to the diagnosis of problems and the search for policy solutions. Handbook chapters examine all aspects of the science, art and craft of policy analysis. They do so both at the often-studied national level, and also at the less well-known level of sub-national and local governments. In addition to studying governments, the Handbook also examines for the first time the practices and policy work of a range of non-governmental actors, including think tanks, interest groups, business actors, labour groups, media, political parties and non-profits. Bringing together a rich collection of cases and a renowned group of scholars, the Handbook constitutes a landmark study in the field.

Author : Helen Gunter
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447363345
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Political Sociology of Education Policy written by Helen Gunter and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to restore the role of political analysis in education policy by presenting a new political sociology for framing, conducting and presenting research. In doing so, it will be the first in the field to connect political thinking from Arendt with sociological thinking from Bourdieu.

Author : B. Guy Peters
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135996261
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politicization of the Civil Service in Comparative Perspective written by B. Guy Peters and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses an important issue and debate in public administration: the politicization of civil service systems and personnel. Using a comparative framework the authors address issues such as compensation, appointments made from outside the civil service system, anonymity, partisanship and systems used to handle appointees of prior administrations in the US, Canada, Germany, France, Britain, New Zealand, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and Greece.