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008			110816s2012 enka b 001 0 eng
020			_a9780230229709 (hardback)
020			_a9780230229716 (pbk.)
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082	0	0	_a320.6 _222 _bCAI-U
100	1		_aCairney, Paul, _d1973-
245	1	0	_aUnderstanding Public Policy : _btheories and issues / _cPaul Cairney.
260			_aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; _aNew York : _bPalgrave Macmillan, _cc2012.
300			_axvii, 327 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 290-319) and index.
505	8		_aMachine 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.
520			_a"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.
650		0	_aPolitical planning.
650		0	_aPublic administration.
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