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1 online resource (341 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This unique book is the first to explore the public policy process through 19 contributions from diverse scholars from all over the world. It uses empirical material to demonstrate how many of the key theories and concepts may be applied to its analysis. These are linked by substantive commentary from the editor, Michael Hill, a renowned policy process expert, and organised into five sections: Stability and Change, Agenda Setting, Policy Formulation, Implementation and Governance and Globalism. This important new resource for policy process teaching uses cases from many policy areas and countr. |
| Contents |
""STUDYING PUBLIC POLICY""; ""Contents""; ""List of contributors ""; ""Preface""; ""1.1 Introduction""; ""Studying the policy process""; ""Structure of the book""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2""; ""How policies change: clean air policy in France and Greece""; ""Looking for policy change: methodological considerations""; ""Two-speed policy change in clean air policy in France and Greece""; ""Conclusions""; ""2.3""; ""When a solution becomes the problem: policy reversals in Korea and Japan""; ""Policy reversal of population control in Korea"" |
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""Policy reversal of mandatory retirement in Japan""""Conclusions""; ""2.4""; ""Stability with change: work�family balance policies in Taiwan""; ""Development of parental leave policies in Taiwan""; ""Development of early childhood education and care policies in Taiwan""; ""Conclusions""; ""2.5""; ""Understanding the political context of nuclear energy policy change in Sweden""; ""Nuclear energy policy change in Sweden""; ""Analysis""; ""Conclusions""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 ""; ""Agenda setting in a parliamentary federation: universal Medicare in Canada""; ""Introduction"" |
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""Case study of universal Medicare in Canada""""Phase I: universal hospital coverage""; ""Phase 2: universal medical care insurance""; ""Epilogue and conclusions""; ""3.3""; ""Flood mitigation policy in the United States""; ""Floods in the USA""; ""Flood mitigation policy In the USA""; ""Land acquisition and relocation policy""; ""Diffusion of policy innovations""; ""Data and analysis""; ""Analysis""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusions""; ""3.4""; ""Focusing events, priority problems and governance arrangements: regulatory reforms in the health and eldercare sector in Sweden and Japan"" |
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""Introduction""""Governance arrangements in the two countries� health and eldercare sector""; ""Mechanisms of reporting and tackling malpractice in Sweden and Japan""; ""Problem stream: main policy agendas prior to the events""; ""Policies�politics streams: similarities and differences""; ""Summary""; ""3.5""; ""The evolution of gender equality policy in New Zealand""; ""The New Zealand context""; ""Institutional context""; ""The policy process and gender analysis""; ""Conclusions""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2"" |
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""Canadian disability policy formulation: social movement preferences and federal government choices of instrument design""""Introduction""; ""Canada�s disability policy field and disability community""; ""Policy instrument preferences of the disability movement""; ""Disability choices by the Canadian government""; ""Conclusions""; ""4.3""; ""Defining ecological restoration policy in Sweden""; ""Introduction""; ""Setting the scene: agenda setting and policy formulation""; ""Material and methods""; ""Ecological restoration policy: internationally and in Sweden""; ""Sector policy responses"" |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Policy sciences -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Policy sciences. |
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Cross-cultural studies.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Hill, Michael, editor.
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Hawes, Robin, cover designer.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Studying public policy : an international approach. Bristol, [England] ; Chicago, Illinois : Policy Press, ©2014 vii, 331 pages 9781447311072 |
| ISBN |
9781447320333 (electronic book) |
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1447320336 (electronic book) |
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9781447311072 |
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9781447311065 |
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