This Handbook provides a comprehensive global survey of the policy process. Written by an outstanding line up of distinguished scholars and practitioners, the Handbook covers all aspects of the policy process including:

Theory – from rational choice to the new institutionalism

Frameworks – network theory, advocacy coalition and development models

Key stages in the process – Formulation, implementation and evaluation

Agenda setting and decision making

The roles of key actors and institutions

This is an invaluable resource for all scholars, graduate students and practitioners in public policy and policy analysis.

Contents

Part I - Introduction to the Study of the Public Policy Process: History and Methods 1. Public Policy Debate and the Rise of Policy Analysis Mintrom and Williams 2. The Policy-Making Process: Policy Cycles and Policy Styles Howlett & Giest 3. Comparative Approaches to the Study of Public Policy Making 4. International Dimensions and Dynamics of Policy-Making Perl Part II Conceptualizing Public Policy-Making 5. State Theory and the Rise of the Regulatory State Jarvis 6. The Public Choice Perspective Whitford 7. Institutional Analysis and Political Economy McGinnis and Aligica 8. Postpostivism and the Policy Process Lejano Part III – Modeling the Policy Process: Frameworks for Analysis 9. The Institutional Analysis and Development Framework House and Araral 10. The Advocacy Coalition Framework: Coalitions, Learning and Policy Change Weible and Nohrstedt 11. The Punctuated Equilibrium Theory of Agenda Setting and Policy Change Boushey 12. Policy Network Models Knoke and Wu Part IV – Understanding the Agenda-Setting Process 13. Policy Agenda-Setting Studies: Attention, Politics and the Public Green Pedersen and Mortensen 14. Focusing Events and Policy Windows Birkland 15. Agenda-Setting and Political Discourse: Major Analytical Frameworks and Their Application Rochefort and Donnelly 16. ia and Policymaking Soroka, Lawlor, Farnsworth and Young Part V – Understanding the Formulation Process 17. Policy Design and Transfer Schneider 18. Epistemic Communities Dunlop 19. Policy Appraisal Turnpenny, Adelle and Jordan 20. Policy Analytical Styles Mayer et al Part VI – Understanding the Decision-Making Process 21. Bounded Rationality and Public Policy Decision-Making 22. Incrementalism Hayes 23. Models for research into decision-making processes: On phases, streams, rounds and tracks of decision-making Tiesman and van Buuren 24. The Garbage Can Model and the Study of the Policy-making Process Mucciaroni 25. Bureaucracy and the Policy Process Poocharoen 26. Disagreement and Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Policy Process Fuller 27. Governance, Networks, and Intergovernmental Systems 28. Development Management and Policy Implementation Part VIII - Understanding the Evaluation Process 29. Six Models of Evaluation Vedung 30. Policy Feedback and Learning Marier ...