Understanding Public Policy: Theories and Issues (Textbooks in Policy Studies) - Softcover

Cairney, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0230229719 ISBN 13: 9780230229716

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

Synopsis

This book is a new introduction to theories of public policy. The author provides an accessible assessment of a wide range of theories and models from policy cycles, policy transfer, rational choice and socio-economic explanations to multi-level governance, advocacy coalitions and punctuated equilibrium and of their value to policy analysis.

About this title

About the Author:

Paul Cairney is Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the University of Stirling, UK

Review:

"This important and even-handed new text will be very useful not only in teaching students but also to advanced scholars. Rather than review individual policies, Cairney focuses his attention on the theoretical approaches that allow us to make sense of the confusing relations among citizens and elites that produce government action. The result is the best available synthesis and a strong argument for cross-fertilization and the use of multiple approaches." - Frank R. Baumgartner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0230229719
• ISBN 13: 9780230229716
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 327