Public Policy Resources

Peter Knoepfel is Honorary Professor at the Faculty of Law, Criminal Sciences and Public Administration of the University of Lausanne and Honorary Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Taras Shevchenko University of Kiev.He was formerly Professor in Public Policy Analysis and Sustainable Development at the Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (IDHEAP) (1982-2014), Director of the IDHEAP (1994-2002), Head of the Public Policy and Sustainability Chair (until 2014), and Research Director at the Social Science Research Centre, Berlin.

• Introduction;Part 1: Analytical basis and dimensions;Public policy analysis: the basis;Definition of public action resources;Contextualisation: Status of the literature;Part 2: New conceptual development: resource-based approach and analysis dimensions;Conceptual development of the resource-based approach;The seven proposed analysis dimensions;Part 3: Public action resources;Force;Law;Personnel;Money;Information;Organisation;Consensus;Time;Infrastructure;Political Support;Part 4: Perspectives and Advice for Practical Application;Policy management through the political-administrative actors’ endowment of public action resources;Advice for working in the field;Conclusions.

"A new and innovative way of encouraging students of public administration to differently conceptualise the policy process. The comparative approach makes this a useful learning tool."