Designed for an international audience, this is a core text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students studying or conducting research in public policy, social policy, public management, public administration and governance.
Building on the success of the previous two editions, this book provides students with an exemplary overview of the theory and practice of public policy implementation and how it relates to contemporary public management.
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Flynn, R., Williams, G. and Pickard, S. (1996) Markets and Networks: Contracting in Community Health Services. Buckingham: Open University Press. Fox, C.J. (1990) 'Implementation research: why and how to transcend positivist ...
Re-exploring the state of the art of the study of implementation as a sub-discipline of political science and public administration, this book will be essential reading for students and researchers in public policy, social policy, public ...
Evaluating reforms of local public and social services in Europe. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Kuhlmann, S. (2010). Performance measurement in European local governments. A comparative analysis of reform experiences in Great Britain ...
Looking at discretion broadly as the exercise of controlled freedom, this edited volume introduces insights from a range of social sciences perspectives.
Building on the success of the previous two editions, this book provides students with an exemplary overview of the theory and practice of public policy implementation and how it relates to contemporary public management.
In this insightful book, Peter Hupe brings together expert contributions from scholars across the globe to study the social mechanisms behind these public encounters.
... public policy is 'many-headed'. Crammond and Carey (2016) made a glossary providing a summary of the different types of policy relevant to public health. In fact, rather than 'types', document sources of policy are meant here. As such ...