| Making Policy in Theory and Practice Contributor(s): Bochel, Hugh (Editor), Duncan, Sue (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1861349041 ISBN-13: 9781861349040 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $132.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: In Professional Policy Making for the Twenty-First Century, the UK Cabinet Office's Strategic Policy Making Team identified nine 'competencies' as the key features of 'modern policy-making' forward-looking; outward-looking; innovative, flexible, and creative; evidence-based; inclusive; joined-up; open to review; open to evaluation; and capable of learning lessons. This book follows up with an examination of these competencies. It combines both UK academic and practitioner perspectives to provide critical consideration of contemporary policy-making, and it highlights examples of good practice at all levels of government. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy |
| Dewey: 320.6 |
| LCCN: 2008371362 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (1.37 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This unique book combines both academic and practitioner perspectives to provide critical consideration of contemporary policy-making and highlight examples of good practice at all levels of government. In Professional Policy Making for the Twenty-First Century the Cabinet Office's Strategic Policy Making Team identified nine 'competencies' as the key features of 'modern policy making': forward-looking; outward-looking; innovative, flexible and creative; evidence-based; inclusive; joined-up; open to review; open to evaluation; and capable of learning lessons. Using these to structure the book, nine central chapters - each written by a pair of co-authors, one primarily an academic, and the other primarily a policy maker or practitioner - examine the competencies in turn. Accompanying case studies provide lessons or pointers to good practice, together with guidance on how to access further information. Set in the context of New Labour's emphasis on 'modernisation', and reflecting the growing emphasis on policy making as a skill, the book will appeal to a range of audiences, including undergraduate and postgraduate students on courses that draw upon approaches to public administration and public policy, and social researchers, policy officers and others involved in the development and analysis of policy making at all tiers of government. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bochel, Hugh: - Hugh Bochel is professor of public policy at the University of Lincoln, UK. He is coeditor, most recently, of Social Policy. |