Policy Consultancy in Comparative Perspective

Policy Consultancy in Comparative Perspective
Author: Caspar van den Berg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2020
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1108496679

Sheds new light on the use of external public policy consultants from an interdisciplinary and international comparative approach.

Health Policy in Asia

Health Policy in Asia
Author: M. Ramesh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2021-12-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1108676952

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.

Policy Styles and Policy-Making

Policy Styles and Policy-Making
Author: Michael Howlett
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2018-10-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1351618466

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.

Making Policies Work

Making Policies Work
Author: Giliberto Capano
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2019
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 1788118197

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.

Advising Governments in the Westminster Tradition

Advising Governments in the Westminster Tradition
Author: Jonathan Craft
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2020-11-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1108421490

A comprehensive and comparative analysis of who advises government and how systems of policy advice operate in four Westminster countries.

Routledge Handbook of Comparative Policy Analysis

Routledge Handbook of Comparative Policy Analysis
Author: Marleen Brans
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 587
Release: 2017-04-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 131733745X

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.

The Routledge Handbook of Policy Styles

The Routledge Handbook of Policy Styles
Author: Michael Howlett
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2021-02-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000364194

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.

Routledge Handbook of Comparative Policy Analysis

Routledge Handbook of Comparative Policy Analysis
Author: Marleen Brans
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2017-04-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317337468

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.

A Political Sociology of Education Policy

A Political Sociology of Education Policy
Author: Helen Gunter
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2024-05-14
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1447363345

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.

Emerging Pedagogies for Policy Education

Emerging Pedagogies for Policy Education
Author: Sreeja Nair
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2022-02-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9811658641

This edited book captures key trends that are driving changes in policy education and presents a repertoire of pedagogies to prepare educators and policy programme designers to teach for better impact in learning and policy practice. Supported with observations from selected Asian universities the chapters cover the experiences of authors in working with students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as professional programmes such as executive education, training, and capacity building for mid-career professionals and practitioners. Part I of this book presents ideas that are asserting the need for incorporation of new content as well as teaching practices for policy education. Part II covers selected cases of application of pedagogical approaches and strategies in Asian universities, tested at different education levels, modes of teaching, and disciplines.