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Handbook on Policy, Process and Governing
This Handbook covers the accounts, by practitioners and observers, of the ways in which policy is formed around problems, how these problems are recognized and understood, and how diverse participants come to be involved in addressing them. H.K. Colebatch and Robert Hoppe draw together a range of original contributions from experts in the field to illuminate the ways in which policies are formed and how they shape the process of governing.
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This Handbook covers the accounts, by practitioners and observers, of the ways in which policy is formed around problems, how these problems are recognized and understood, and how diverse participants come to be involved in addressing them. H.K. Colebatch and Robert Hoppe draw together a range of original contributions from experts in the field to illuminate the ways in which policies are formed and how they shape the process of governing.
The Handbook on Policy, Process and Governing covers not only the activities of government, but also the contributions of other stakeholders, and the ways in which a wide range of participants contribute to the formation of public policy. It explores the tensions involved in the policy process between: innovative choice and stable practice, authoritative decision and negotiated order, and agreed activity and announced goals.
The scholar’s focus on the analysis of activity and the practitioner’s interest in the achievement of outcomes are brought together in this timely book, making it a valuable read for public policy scholars and practitioners alike.
The Handbook on Policy, Process and Governing covers not only the activities of government, but also the contributions of other stakeholders, and the ways in which a wide range of participants contribute to the formation of public policy. It explores the tensions involved in the policy process between: innovative choice and stable practice, authoritative decision and negotiated order, and agreed activity and announced goals.
The scholar’s focus on the analysis of activity and the practitioner’s interest in the achievement of outcomes are brought together in this timely book, making it a valuable read for public policy scholars and practitioners alike.
Critical Acclaim
‘Edited by leading scholars with contributions from over thirty renowned experts, this is the leading Handbook on policy, processes and real world governing.’
– Klaus Schubert, University of Muenster, Germany
‘This is a highly valuable and timely book, which re-discovers and re-thinks the relationship between policy processes, policy analysis (expertise and “policy work”) and governing in the context of a search for optimal governance in an ever more globalized world. This Handbook does not simply bring a set of theories “in good standing” in academia, but rather relates them to one another to form an overall framework needed in dealing with the increasing internationalization of governing at a regional (the EU) and a global level.’
– Danica Fink-Hafner, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
– Klaus Schubert, University of Muenster, Germany
‘This is a highly valuable and timely book, which re-discovers and re-thinks the relationship between policy processes, policy analysis (expertise and “policy work”) and governing in the context of a search for optimal governance in an ever more globalized world. This Handbook does not simply bring a set of theories “in good standing” in academia, but rather relates them to one another to form an overall framework needed in dealing with the increasing internationalization of governing at a regional (the EU) and a global level.’
– Danica Fink-Hafner, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Contributors
Contributors: K.P.R. Bartels, V. Bekkers, W. Blomquist, H.K. Colebatch, D. Dery, D.P. Dolowitz, K. Dowding, W.N. Dunn, A.R. Edwards, J.-E. Furubo, J. Grin, R. Hoppe, M. Howlett, P. Hupe, H. Ingram, M. Ingram, P. John, A. Kellow, J. Kohoutek, K. Lancaster, R. Lejano, I. Mukherjee, M. Nekola, E.C. Page, A. Ritter, M. Sedlacko, H. Strassheim, R. Tiffen, N. Turnbull, A. Veselý, J.J. Woo, P. 6
Contents
Contents:
1. Introduction: Policy, process and making sense of governing
H.K. Colebatch and Robert Hoppe
Part I: Tracing the signature of policy
2. ‘Whatever governments decide to do or not to do’
Ed Page
3. policy as ordering through documents
Michal Sedlacko
4. policy as (mere) problem-solving
Nick Turnbull
5. policy as practice
Koen Bartels
6. policy as a body of expertise
Holger Strassheim
Part II: Policy as authoritative choice
7 ‘stage’’ theories of the policy process
William Dunn
8. design as a window on the policy process
Hal Colebatch
9. Thirty years of research on policy instruments
Michael Howlett, Ishani Mukherjee and J.J. Woo
10. implementation
Peter Hupe
11. evidence and evaluation
Jan-Eric Furubo
Part III: Policy as structured interaction
12. Linkage and the policy process
Hal Colebatch
13. The Advocacy Coalition Framework
Keith Dowding
14. Multiple streams
Alison Ritter and Kari Lancaster
15. Policy work and its significance for public policy
Jan Kohoutek, Martin Nekola and Arnost Vesele.
Part IV: Policy as sense-making
16. Frames and framings in policy-making
Perri 6
17. Agenda formation and change
Peter John
18. Narrative in the policy process
Raul Lejano, Mrill Ingram and Helen Ingram
19. Policy learning and diffusion
David Dolowitz
20. The news media and the policy process
Rod Tiffen
21. The role of Social Media in the policy process
Victor Bekkers and Arthur Edwards
22. Problematisation
David Dery
Part V: The limits of policy
23. Choice v. incrementalism
Robert Hoppe
24. Stasis and change
John Grin
25. Policy and Socio-economic characteristics
William Blomquist
26. From Policy typologies to policy feedback
Aynsley Kellow
What do we learn from this ?
27. Policy and the theorising of governing
Robert Hoppe and H.K. Colebatch
Index
1. Introduction: Policy, process and making sense of governing
H.K. Colebatch and Robert Hoppe
Part I: Tracing the signature of policy
2. ‘Whatever governments decide to do or not to do’
Ed Page
3. policy as ordering through documents
Michal Sedlacko
4. policy as (mere) problem-solving
Nick Turnbull
5. policy as practice
Koen Bartels
6. policy as a body of expertise
Holger Strassheim
Part II: Policy as authoritative choice
7 ‘stage’’ theories of the policy process
William Dunn
8. design as a window on the policy process
Hal Colebatch
9. Thirty years of research on policy instruments
Michael Howlett, Ishani Mukherjee and J.J. Woo
10. implementation
Peter Hupe
11. evidence and evaluation
Jan-Eric Furubo
Part III: Policy as structured interaction
12. Linkage and the policy process
Hal Colebatch
13. The Advocacy Coalition Framework
Keith Dowding
14. Multiple streams
Alison Ritter and Kari Lancaster
15. Policy work and its significance for public policy
Jan Kohoutek, Martin Nekola and Arnost Vesele.
Part IV: Policy as sense-making
16. Frames and framings in policy-making
Perri 6
17. Agenda formation and change
Peter John
18. Narrative in the policy process
Raul Lejano, Mrill Ingram and Helen Ingram
19. Policy learning and diffusion
David Dolowitz
20. The news media and the policy process
Rod Tiffen
21. The role of Social Media in the policy process
Victor Bekkers and Arthur Edwards
22. Problematisation
David Dery
Part V: The limits of policy
23. Choice v. incrementalism
Robert Hoppe
24. Stasis and change
John Grin
25. Policy and Socio-economic characteristics
William Blomquist
26. From Policy typologies to policy feedback
Aynsley Kellow
What do we learn from this ?
27. Policy and the theorising of governing
Robert Hoppe and H.K. Colebatch
Index
