Edited by Michael Howlett, Burnaby Mountain Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1), Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Canada and Ishani Mukherjee, Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, Singapore

• Contents:Part I – Introduction: Policy Formulation and the Policy Process1. Policy formulation: Where knowledge meets power in the policy process Michael Howlett and Ishani Mukherjee2. The central conundrums of policy formulation: Ill-structured problems and uncertaintySreeja Nair and Michael Howlett3. Policy formulation as policy work: Developing options for governmentMartin Nekola and Jan Kohoutek4. Positive and negative feedback in policy formulation Richard Burroughs Part II – What is Formulated: Choosing Policy Instruments and Policy Goals5. Problem delimitation in policy formulationArnošt Veselý6. Policy tools and their role in policy formulation: Dealing with procedural and substantive instrumentsMichael Howlett7. Patching vs packaging in policy formulation: Assessing policy portfolio designMichael Howlett and Jeremy Rayner8. The elements of effective program design: A two-level analysisMichael Howlett, Ishani Mukherjee and Jeremy RaynerPart III – Formal and Informal Analytical Techniques in Policy Formulation9. Formal policy appraisal techniques and policy formulationCamilla Adelle and Sabine Weiland10. Operationalizing information: Measures and indicators in policy formulationMarkku Lehtonen11. Anticipation tools in policy formulation: Forecasting, foresight and implications for policy planningMartijn van der Steen12. The role of public participation and deliberation in policy formulationGenevieve Fuji JohnsonPart IV – Policy Advice and the Policy Formulation Process13. Policy advice and policy advisory systems in policy formulationJonathan Craft and Michael Howlett14. The organization of policy formulationCraig Matheson15. Knowledge brokers and policy advice in policy formulationJustyna Bandola-Gill and Catherine Lyall16. Policy entrepreneurs and policy formulation Andrew GunnPart V – Formulating Policy Problems17. Issue expertise in policymakingPeter J. May, Chris Koski and Nicholas Stramp 18. Expert networks and epistemic communities: Articulating knowledge and collective entrepreneurshipAnthony R. Zito19. Framing the target in policy formulation: The importance of social constructions Anne Schneider and Helen Ingram20. Consultants and policy formulationHelen M. GunterPart VI – Formulating Policy Solutions21. Policy instrument constituenciesArno Simons and Jan-Peter Voß22. Think tanks, politics and the policy-making process: Catalysts for ideas and actionJames G. McGann23. Exogeneity and convergence in policy formulation: Contested theories, approaches and perspectivesDarryl S.L. Jarvis 24. Behavioral aspects of policy formulation: Experiments, behavioral insights, nudgesMatteo M. GalizziPart VII – The Politics of Policy Formulation 25. Policy paradigms and the formulation processMatt Wilder26. The politics of policy formulation: Overcoming subsystem dynamicsPaul Jorgensen 27. The impact of political parties, executives and political staff on policy formulationChristopher Eichbaum and Richard Shaw28. Mechanisms of influence: Interest groups, lobbyists and policy formulationJohn C. ScottPart VIII – Trends and Patterns of Policy Formulation29. Trends towards the externalization and politicization of policy advice in policy formulationJonathan Craft and Michael Howlett30. Trends towards evidence-based policy formulationHolger Strassheim31. The changing role of the public in policy formulation: From mass media to social mediaDennis Linders and Liang Ma 32. Policy overreaction doctrine: From ideal-type to context-sensitive solution in times of crisisMoshe MaorIndex

‘This is a fascinating and extremely helpful book for policy scholars and practitioners.’

Edited by Michael Howlett, Burnaby Mountain Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1), Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Canada and Ishani Mukherjee, Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, Singapore

• Contents:Part I – Introduction: Policy Formulation and the Policy Process1. Policy formulation: Where knowledge meets power in the policy process Michael Howlett and Ishani Mukherjee2. The central conundrums of policy formulation: Ill-structured problems and uncertaintySreeja Nair and Michael Howlett3. Policy formulation as policy work: Developing options for governmentMartin Nekola and Jan Kohoutek4. Positive and negative feedback in policy formulation Richard Burroughs Part II – What is Formulated: Choosing Policy Instruments and Policy Goals5. Problem delimitation in policy formulationArnošt Veselý6. Policy tools and their role in policy formulation: Dealing with procedural and substantive instrumentsMichael Howlett7. Patching vs packaging in policy formulation: Assessing policy portfolio designMichael Howlett and Jeremy Rayner8. The elements of effective program design: A two-level analysisMichael Howlett, Ishani Mukherjee and Jeremy RaynerPart III – Formal and Informal Analytical Techniques in Policy Formulation9. Formal policy appraisal techniques and policy formulationCamilla Adelle and Sabine Weiland10. Operationalizing information: Measures and indicators in policy formulationMarkku Lehtonen11. Anticipation tools in policy formulation: Forecasting, foresight and implications for policy planningMartijn van der Steen12. The role of public participation and deliberation in policy formulationGenevieve Fuji JohnsonPart IV – Policy Advice and the Policy Formulation Process13. Policy advice and policy advisory systems in policy formulationJonathan Craft and Michael Howlett14. The organization of policy formulationCraig Matheson15. Knowledge brokers and policy advice in policy formulationJustyna Bandola-Gill and Catherine Lyall16. Policy entrepreneurs and policy formulation Andrew GunnPart V – Formulating Policy Problems17. Issue expertise in policymakingPeter J. May, Chris Koski and Nicholas Stramp 18. Expert networks and epistemic communities: Articulating knowledge and collective entrepreneurshipAnthony R. Zito19. Framing the target in policy formulation: The importance of social constructions Anne Schneider and Helen Ingram20. Consultants and policy formulationHelen M. GunterPart VI – Formulating Policy Solutions21. Policy instrument constituenciesArno Simons and Jan-Peter Voß22. Think tanks, politics and the policy-making process: Catalysts for ideas and actionJames G. McGann23. Exogeneity and convergence in policy formulation: Contested theories, approaches and perspectivesDarryl S.L. Jarvis 24. Behavioral aspects of policy formulation: Experiments, behavioral insights, nudgesMatteo M. GalizziPart VII – The Politics of Policy Formulation 25. Policy paradigms and the formulation processMatt Wilder26. The politics of policy formulation: Overcoming subsystem dynamicsPaul Jorgensen 27. The impact of political parties, executives and political staff on policy formulationChristopher Eichbaum and Richard Shaw28. Mechanisms of influence: Interest groups, lobbyists and policy formulationJohn C. ScottPart VIII – Trends and Patterns of Policy Formulation29. Trends towards the externalization and politicization of policy advice in policy formulationJonathan Craft and Michael Howlett30. Trends towards evidence-based policy formulationHolger Strassheim31. The changing role of the public in policy formulation: From mass media to social mediaDennis Linders and Liang Ma 32. Policy overreaction doctrine: From ideal-type to context-sensitive solution in times of crisisMoshe MaorIndex

‘This is a fascinating and extremely helpful book for policy scholars and practitioners.’

Edited by Michael Howlett, Burnaby Mountain Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1), Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Canada and Ishani Mukherjee, Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, Singapore

• Contents:Part I – Introduction: Policy Formulation and the Policy Process1. Policy formulation: Where knowledge meets power in the policy process Michael Howlett and Ishani Mukherjee2. The central conundrums of policy formulation: Ill-structured problems and uncertaintySreeja Nair and Michael Howlett3. Policy formulation as policy work: Developing options for governmentMartin Nekola and Jan Kohoutek4. Positive and negative feedback in policy formulation Richard Burroughs Part II – What is Formulated: Choosing Policy Instruments and Policy Goals5. Problem delimitation in policy formulationArnošt Veselý6. Policy tools and their role in policy formulation: Dealing with procedural and substantive instrumentsMichael Howlett7. Patching vs packaging in policy formulation: Assessing policy portfolio designMichael Howlett and Jeremy Rayner8. The elements of effective program design: A two-level analysisMichael Howlett, Ishani Mukherjee and Jeremy RaynerPart III – Formal and Informal Analytical Techniques in Policy Formulation9. Formal policy appraisal techniques and policy formulationCamilla Adelle and Sabine Weiland10. Operationalizing information: Measures and indicators in policy formulationMarkku Lehtonen11. Anticipation tools in policy formulation: Forecasting, foresight and implications for policy planningMartijn van der Steen12. The role of public participation and deliberation in policy formulationGenevieve Fuji JohnsonPart IV – Policy Advice and the Policy Formulation Process13. Policy advice and policy advisory systems in policy formulationJonathan Craft and Michael Howlett14. The organization of policy formulationCraig Matheson15. Knowledge brokers and policy advice in policy formulationJustyna Bandola-Gill and Catherine Lyall16. Policy entrepreneurs and policy formulation Andrew GunnPart V – Formulating Policy Problems17. Issue expertise in policymakingPeter J. May, Chris Koski and Nicholas Stramp 18. Expert networks and epistemic communities: Articulating knowledge and collective entrepreneurshipAnthony R. Zito19. Framing the target in policy formulation: The importance of social constructions Anne Schneider and Helen Ingram20. Consultants and policy formulationHelen M. GunterPart VI – Formulating Policy Solutions21. Policy instrument constituenciesArno Simons and Jan-Peter Voß22. Think tanks, politics and the policy-making process: Catalysts for ideas and actionJames G. McGann23. Exogeneity and convergence in policy formulation: Contested theories, approaches and perspectivesDarryl S.L. Jarvis 24. Behavioral aspects of policy formulation: Experiments, behavioral insights, nudgesMatteo M. GalizziPart VII – The Politics of Policy Formulation 25. Policy paradigms and the formulation processMatt Wilder26. The politics of policy formulation: Overcoming subsystem dynamicsPaul Jorgensen 27. The impact of political parties, executives and political staff on policy formulationChristopher Eichbaum and Richard Shaw28. Mechanisms of influence: Interest groups, lobbyists and policy formulationJohn C. ScottPart VIII – Trends and Patterns of Policy Formulation29. Trends towards the externalization and politicization of policy advice in policy formulationJonathan Craft and Michael Howlett30. Trends towards evidence-based policy formulationHolger Strassheim31. The changing role of the public in policy formulation: From mass media to social mediaDennis Linders and Liang Ma 32. Policy overreaction doctrine: From ideal-type to context-sensitive solution in times of crisisMoshe MaorIndex

‘This is a fascinating and extremely helpful book for policy scholars and practitioners.’