Public policy : a new introduction - Knill, Christoph; Tosun, Jale. (New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012)
Introduction -- The nature of the public policies -- The context for policy making: central institutions and actors -- Theoretical approaches to policy making -- Problem definition and agenda setting -- Decision making -- Implementation -- Evaluation -- Governance: a synoptic perspective on policy making -- Public policies beyond the nation state -- Policy change and policy convergence -- Conclusions: future challenges for public policy analysis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-333) and index.
Keywords: Political planning; Policy sciences; Public administration -- Decision making