The Tools of Policy Formulation: Actors, Capacities, Venues and Effects (New Horizons in Public Policy series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1783477032 ISBN 13: 9781783477036

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

Policy analysts are accustomed to thinking in terms of tools and instruments. Yet an authoritative examination of the tools which have been developed to formulate new policies is missing. This book is the first of its kind to distinguish the defining characteristics of the main policy formulation tools, and offer a fresh way of understanding how, why and by whom they are selected, as well as the effects they produce in practice.

The editors bring together thirteen specially commissioned chapters that, for the first time, explore the tools and their features in a comparable fashion, including: scenarios, indicators, computerized models, cost-benefit and multi-criteria analysis. They develop a novel analytical framework for understanding the form and function of the main tools, which encompasses definitions of key terms, a typology and relevant theoretical explanations.

This book will appeal to postgraduate students, scholars and researchers of policy analysis, public policy, decision making and public management. It will also encourage developers and practitioners of policy formulation tools to reflect critically on their work.

Contributors: C. Adelle, G. Atkinson, S. Bartke, D. Benson, C. Boswell, T. Bournaris, D. Christopherson, E. Cuppen, B. Evans, C. Fleming, C.D. Gamper, M. Hisschemoller, M. Howlett, A.J. Jordan, P. Kautto, H. Kuittinen, L.E. Larsen, M. Lehtonen, R. Maas, W. Mcdowall, A. Migone, C. Moulogianni, M. Pérez-Soba, T. Rayner, E. Rodrigues, S.-R. Saarela, G. Spinardi, B. Sterk, S.L. Tan, P.Taylor, C. Turcanu, J. Turnpenny, P. Upham, M. Van Ittersum, S. Warghade, S. Weiland, A. Wellstead, S. Yearley

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About the Author

Edited by Andrew J. Jordan, Professor of Environmental Policy, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and John R. Turnpenny, School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies, University of East Anglia, UK

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783477032
• ISBN 13: 9781783477036
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Jordan Andrew J., Turnpenny John R.