Implementing Public Policy: An Introduction to the Study of Operational Governance - Softcover

Hill, Michael; Hupe, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412947995 ISBN 13: 9781412947992

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

This Second Edition of Michael Hill and Peter L. Hupe′s popular textbook introduces students to the major themes in public policy implementation and relates them to contemporary developments in thinking about governance. Revised and updated, it includes a new chapter that covers the policy implementation initiatives introduced under the Blair governments in the UK.

 

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About the Author

Michael Hill is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy of the University of Newcastle, and Visiting Professor in the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the London School of Economics and in the School of Applied Social Science University of Brighton. Michael has published widely on the topic of public policy, and most recently co-edited the SAGE major work Public Policy (with P. Hupe, published 2012). Over the years his research interests have focussed on varied topics such as race relations, unemployment, housing, social security and housing benefit He was given a lifetime achievement award by the Social Policy Association in 2009.

Review

The second edition of this key text by two of the leading scholars in the field makes it the primary guide to the study of implementation
Martin Powell
Professor of Health and Social Policy, Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham

′The second edition of Implementing Public Policy builds on the extremely useful first edition, and is an excellent and timely contribution to the literature on implementation. As well as providing a thorough review of the literature on implementation it makes a number of important contributions to that literature. This volume represents the most extensive and useful treatment of implementation available
B. Guy Peters
Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh

′This is by far the best textbook ever published on the topic of public policy implementation... Thus, it gives a much needed up-to-date and complete state-of-the-art review of this research field for graduate students and teachers while at the same time serving as an excellent introduction on the topic for those at the undergraduate level
Harald Saetren
University of Bergen, Norway

′Greatly enriched by recent scholarship, this second edition is even more valuable to students of public policy theory and governance and to a subfield of public administration and political science whose ranks are growing owing to efforts such as this one
Laurence E Lynn, Jr.
Emeritus Professor, University of Chicago

′Implementing Public Policy ...not only gives a detailed overview of state-of the-art theory and research in policy implementation, but also discusses the profound implications of implementation studies for our understanding of the policy-making process. This book is a must-read for all scholars and students interested in public policy
René Torenvlied
Utrecht University, The Netherlands

This book is based on the authors′ well-acclaimed first edition of the same title. Considerable work has gone into updating and re-contextualizing some of their earlier arguments and analysis in the light of an updated research and literature base. The second edition should be as valuable and well received as the first... This is a very useful publication, likely to be the main guide to implementation for some time
Duncan McTavish
Public Management Review

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1412947995
• ISBN 13: 9781412947992
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 248