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Making and managing public policy

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge masters in public managementPublication details: Routledge 2013 OxonDescription: viii, 291p. With indexISBN:
  • 9780415679954
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.6 M4M2
Summary: Understanding how public policy is made and managed is a key component in studying the disciplines of public management and administration. Such are the complexities associated with this topic, a deeper understanding is vital to ensure that practising public managers excel in their roles. This textbook synthesizes the key theories, providing a contemporary understanding of public policy and how it relates to private and other sectors. It integrates this with the management and implementation of public policy, including outlines of organizations, practices and instruments used. Pedagogical features include chapter synopses, learning objectives, boxed international cases and vignettes and further reading suggestions. This useful, concise textbook will be required reading for public management students and all those interested in public policy. https://www.routledge.com/Making-and-Managing-Public-Policy/Miller-McTavish/p/book/9780415679954
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Table of Contents

1. The Policy Process
2. Public Policy Domains
3. Public Policy Making
4. Case Study: Women in Public Policy?
5. Policy Capacity
6. Inter and Intra Organizational Relationships
7. Professionals, Users, Consumers and Markets
8. Case Study: Partnerships and Practices
9.Public Policy and Accountability
10. Public Policy and Performance Management
11. Case Study: Public Policy and UK Foot and Mouth Epidemic

Understanding how public policy is made and managed is a key component in studying the disciplines of public management and administration. Such are the complexities associated with this topic, a deeper understanding is vital to ensure that practising public managers excel in their roles. This textbook synthesizes the key theories, providing a contemporary understanding of public policy and how it relates to private and other sectors. It integrates this with the management and implementation of public policy, including outlines of organizations, practices and instruments used. Pedagogical features include chapter synopses, learning objectives, boxed international cases and vignettes and further reading suggestions. This useful, concise textbook will be required reading for public management students and all those interested in public policy.

https://www.routledge.com/Making-and-Managing-Public-Policy/Miller-McTavish/p/book/9780415679954

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