Understanding Public Policy: Theories and Issues

Understanding Public Policy: Theories and Issues
ISBN-10
1137545216
ISBN-13
9781137545213
Series
Understanding Public Policy
Category
Political Science
Pages
315
Language
English
Published
2019
Publisher
Red Globe Press
Author
Paul Cairney

Description

A major 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.--

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