Making and Implementing Public Policy: Key Concepts and Issues
By (Author) Catherine Bochel
By (author) Hugh Bochel
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Red Globe Press
22nd February 2018
United Kingdom
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Political economy
Social welfare and social services
320.6
Paperback
321
Width 155mm, Height 235mm
467g
This brand new text examines power and inequalities and how these are central to our understanding of how policies are made and implemented. It introduces the concepts and theoretical approaches that underpin the study of the policy process, reflects upon key developments and applies these the practice of policy formulation and implementation.
This textbook provides a UK perspective on policy process and institutional factors. Bochel and Bochel (Univ. of Lincoln, UK) demonstrate depth in their knowledge of policy theories and applications in the UK. The major American policy process theories are covered in detail The book is recommended for more advanced theory and comparative policy courses. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students through professionals. * M. L. Godwin, Choice, Vol. 55 (10) *
Catherine Bochel is Reader in Policy Studies at the University of Lincoln, UK. Hugh Bochel is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Lincoln, UK.