TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cairney,Paul
TI  - Understanding Public Policy: theories and issues 
SN  - 9780230229709 (hardback)
U1  - 320.6 22
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Political planning
KW  - Public administration
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-319) and index; Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: A Multiple Lens Approach to Policy Change -- What is Public Policy and How Do We Identify Continuity and Change? -- Power, Governance and Decision-Making -- Institutions and Policy Change -- Rationality and Incrementalism -- Structural explanations -- Rational Choice theory -- Multi-level Governance -- Punctuated Equilibrium and Venue Shift -- Advocacy Coalition Framework -- The Role of Ideas, Knowledge and Beliefs -- Policy Transfer -- Implementation, Evaluation and Learning -- Conclusion
N2  - "This book is a new introduction to theories of public policy. The author provides an accessible assessment of a wide range of theories and models from policy cycles, policy transfer, rational choice and socio-economic explanations to multi-level governance, advocacy coalitions and punctuated equilibrium and of their value to policy analysis"--Provided by publisher
ER  -