Studying Public Policy

Michael Howlett is Canada Research Chair in Policy and Innovation for Climate Change and Burnaby Mountain Chair and Professor of Political Science at Simon Fraser University.M. Ramesh is UNESCO Chair of Social Policy Design in Asia and a Professor at the Lew Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.Anthony Perl is a Professor and the Director of the Urban Studies Program at Simon Fraser University.

• Note: Each chapter includes:- Study Questions- Further ReadingsList of FiguresAcknowledgmentsPart I: Methodology, Theory, and Context in Public Policy Research1: Studying Public: Why and How2: Understanding Public Policy: Theoretical Approaches3: The Policy Context: States and SocietiesPart II: The Five Stages of the Policy Cycle4: Agenda-Setting: Definition and Problematics5: Policy Formulation: Identifying and Assessing Policy Alternatives6: 6. Public Policy Decision-Making: Policy Selection and Choice7: 7. Policy Implementation: Putting Policies into Effect8: 8. Policy Evaluation: Policy-Making as LearningPart III: Long-Term Policy Dynamics9: Patterns of Policy Change: Between Punctuations and IncrementsNotesReferencesIndex