Implementing Public Policy: An Introduction to the Study of Operational Governance - Softcover

Michael Hill; Peter Hupe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412947995 ISBN 13: 9781412947992

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

This second edition of Hill and Hupe's popular textbook introduces students to the major themes in public policy implementation and relates them to contemporary developments in thinking about governance.

The heart of the book develops a basic two-fold approach, firstly to understand the processes of implementation and secondly to address how these might be controlled and influenced. In light of the constantly changing nature of governance, Hill and Hupe suggest strategies for the future management of public policy implementation and the development of research agendas.

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.

About this title

Product Description

Unusual book

Review

The second edition of this key text by two of the leading scholars in the field makes it the primary guide to the study of implementation
Martin Powell
Professor of Health and Social Policy, Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham

'The second edition of Implementing Public Policy builds on the extremely useful first edition, and is an excellent and timely contribution to the literature on implementation. As well as providing a thorough review of the literature on implementation it makes a number of important contributions to that literature. This volume represents the most extensive and useful treatment of implementation available
B. Guy Peters
Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh

'This is by far the best textbook ever published on the topic of public policy implementation... Thus, it gives a much needed up-to-date and complete state-of-the-art review of this research field for graduate students and teachers while at the same time serving as an excellent introduction on the topic for those at the undergraduate level
Harald Saetren
University of Bergen, Norway

'Greatly enriched by recent scholarship, this second edition is even more valuable to students of public policy theory and governance and to a subfield of public administration and political science whose ranks are growing owing to efforts such as this one
Laurence E Lynn, Jr.
Emeritus Professor, University of Chicago

'Implementing Public Policy ...not only gives a detailed overview of state-of the-art theory and research in policy implementation, but also discusses the profound implications of implementation studies for our understanding of the policy-making process. This book is a must-read for all scholars and students interested in public policy
René Torenvlied
Utrecht University, The Netherlands

This book is based on the authors' well-acclaimed first edition of the same title. Considerable work has gone into updating and re-contextualizing some of their earlier arguments and analysis in the light of an updated research and literature base. The second edition should be as valuable and well received as the first... This is a very useful publication, likely to be the main guide to implementation for some time
Duncan McTavish
Public Management Review

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1412947995
• ISBN 13: 9781412947992
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 248