Public Policy Process

The Public Policy Process

By Michael Hill and Frédéric Varone

This book is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the process by which public policy is made. Explaining clearly the importance of the relationship between theoretical and practical aspects of policymaking, this fully revised 8th edition, gives a thorough overview of the people and organisations involved in the process.

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Publisher: Routledge
Publish Date: 03/31/2021
Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780367445348
ISBN-10: 0367445344
Language: English

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The Public Policy Process is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the process by which public policy is made. Explaining clearly the importance of the relationship between theoretical and practical aspects of policymaking, the book gives a thorough overview of the people and organisations involved in the process.

Fully revised and updated for an eighth edition, The Public Policy Process provides:

  • Clear exploration, using many illustrations, of how policy is made and implemented;
  • Examines challenges to effective policy making in critical areas - such as inequality and climate change - including the influence of powerful interests and the Covid-19 pandemic;
  • New material on unequal democracies, interest groups influence, behavioural policy analysis, global policies and evidence-based decision making;
  • Additional European and comparative international examples.

This text is essential reading for students of public policy, public administration and management, as well as more broadly highly relevant to related courses in health and nursing, social welfare, environment, development and local government.

About the Authors

Michael Hill is a historical researcher who has assisted acclaimed authors including David McCullough, Jon Meacham, Senator John McCain, and Michael Beschloss.

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Michael Hill is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the University of Newcastle, UK. Since leaving Newcastle, he has held visiting appointments in London University, at Goldsmiths College, Queen Mary College and the London School of Economics, and at Brighton University.

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