Handbook of policy formulation /
edited by Michael Howlett, Ishani Mukherjee.
- 563 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Handbooks of research on public policy .
- Handbooks of research on public policy. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Part I - Introduction: Policy Formulation and the Policy Process 1. Policy formulation: Where knowledge meets power in the policy process Michael Howlett and Ishani Mukherjee
2. The central conundrums of policy formulation: Ill-structured problems and uncertainty Sreeja Nair and Michael Howlett
3. Policy formulation as policy work: Developing options for government Martin Nekola and Jan Kohoutek
4. Positive and negative feedback in policy formulation Richard Burroughs
Part II - What is Formulated: Choosing Policy Instruments and Policy Goals 5. Problem delimitation in policy formulation Arnost Vesely
6. Policy tools and their role in policy formulation: Dealing with procedural and substantive instruments Michael Howlett
7. Patching vs packaging in policy formulation: Assessing policy portfolio design Michael Howlett and Jeremy Rayner
8. The elements of effective program design: A two-level analysis Michael Howlett, Ishani Mukherjee and Jeremy Rayner
Part III - Formal and Informal Analytical Techniques in Policy Formulation 9. Formal policy appraisal techniques and policy formulation Camilla Adelle and Sabine Weiland
10. Operationalizing information: Measures and indicators in policy formulation Markku Lehtonen
11. Anticipation tools in policy formulation: Forecasting, foresight and implications for policy planning Martijn van der Steen
12. The role of public participation and deliberation in policy formulation Genevieve Fuji Johnson
Part IV - Policy Advice and the Policy Formulation Process 13. Policy advice and policy advisory systems in policy formulation Jonathan Craft and Michael Howlett
14. The organization of policy formulation Craig Matheson
15. Knowledge brokers and policy advice in policy formulation Justyna Bandola-Gill and Catherine Lyall
16. Policy entrepreneurs and policy formulation Andrew Gunn
Part V - Formulating Policy Problems 17. Issue expertise in policymaking Peter J. May, Chris Koski and Nicholas Stramp
18. Expert networks and epistemic communities: Articulating knowledge and collective entrepreneurship Anthony R. Zito
19. Framing the target in policy formulation: The importance of social constructions Anne Schneider and Helen Ingram
20. Consultants and policy formulation Helen M. Gunter
Part VI - Formulating Policy Solutions 21. Policy instrument constituencies Arno Simons and Jan-Peter Voss
22. Think tanks, politics and the policy-making process: Catalysts for ideas and action James G. McGann
23. Exogeneity and convergence in policy formulation: Contested theories, approaches and perspectives Darryl S.L. Jarvis
24. Behavioral aspects of policy formulation: Experiments, behavioral insights, nudges Matteo M. Galizzi
Part VII - The Politics of Policy Formulation 25. Policy paradigms and the formulation process Matt Wilder
"This Handbook represents a pioneering effort to consolidate the state of knowledge on policy formulation. An invaluable resource for scholars and students of policy studies, this Handbook provides a set of analytical discussions that help scholars, students and practitioners better understand the multiple dimensions of what policy formulation has come to mean in contemporary public policy-making and governance. In attempting to resolve pressing public problems, governments devise, deploy and develop policy tools in many different ways in different sectors and jurisdictions. Knowledge of these processes has been fragmented, however, spanning a multitude of different approaches, perspectives and case studies. By critically and systematically analysing both the processes and agents of policy formulation, this Handbook provides the first comprehensive overview of the formulation activities that are undertaken by governments in order to match their policy goals with the means of achieving them. The Handbook unites a wide range of expert contributors who examine the roles played by policy actors, institutions and ideas in answering fundamental questions about policy formulation such as who undertakes it, how, when, where and why. Through seven thematic sections this Handbook discusses a wide range of topics related to formulation such as the nature of policy design, instrument choice, policy appraisal, policy advice and the politics of defining and resolving policy problems" -- Provided by publisher.