Adding Value To Policy Analysis And Advice

Author : Claudia Scott,Karen J. Baehler
Publisher : UNSW Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780868408590

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Adding Value to Policy Analysis and Advice by Claudia Scott,Karen J. Baehler Pdf

High-quality policy analysis and advice is crucial for governments as they wrestle with complex and intractable issues that they can neither manage nor solve on their own. This book explores ways of adding value to policy analysis and advice in Australia and New Zealand, drawing on contributions from individuals and organisations both inside and outside the formal policymaking system. The authors critique and expand upon the available models, methods and approaches to policy analysis and advising, and propose a systems perspective and a crafting approach to policy design. They examine strategies for improving the quality, capability and performance of the policy advisory system, and the complementary roles of advisers, analysts, managers and others.

Author : Claudia Scott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1459603400

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Adding Value to Policy Analysis by Claudia Scott Pdf

Expanding traditional theories of policymaking through comparisons between policies implemented in Australia and New Zealand, this textbook shows how good analysis and advice improves the decisions of public officials. Aimed at managers, administrators, and students who want an integrated perspective on policy analysis and advising, the chapters cover the role of advisors and analysts, within and across jurisdictions, consider the viewpoint of local officials who protect their turf, and suggest new ways for officials to collaborate with outside experts.

Author : Michael Howlett,Ishani Mukherjee
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781784719326

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Handbook of Policy Formulation by Michael Howlett,Ishani Mukherjee Pdf

Policy formulation relies upon the interplay of knowledge-based analysis of issues with power-based considerations, such as the political assessment of the costs and benefits of proposed actions, and its effects on the partisan and electoral concerns of governments. Policy scholars have long been interested in how governments successfully create, deploy and utilise policy instruments, but the literature on policy formulation has, until now, remained fragmented. This comprehensive Handbook unites original scholarship on policy tools and design, with contributions examining policy actors and the roles they play in the formulation process.

Author : Marleen Brans,Iris Geva-May,Michael Howlett
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317337461

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Routledge Handbook of Comparative Policy Analysis by Marleen Brans,Iris Geva-May,Michael Howlett Pdf

This Handbook presents the first comprehensive study of policy analytical practices in comparative perspective. It explores emerging developments and innovations in the field and advances knowledge of the nature and quality of policy analysis across different countries and at different levels of government by all relevant actors, both inside and outside government, who contribute to the diagnosis of problems and the search for policy solutions. Handbook chapters examine all aspects of the science, art and craft of policy analysis. They do so both at the often-studied national level, and also at the less well-known level of sub-national and local governments. In addition to studying governments, the Handbook also examines for the first time the practices and policy work of a range of non-governmental actors, including think tanks, interest groups, business actors, labour groups, media, political parties and non-profits. Bringing together a rich collection of cases and a renowned group of scholars, the Handbook constitutes a landmark study in the field.

Author : David Bromell
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030995621

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The Art and Craft of Policy Advising by David Bromell Pdf

This book offers a practical guide for policy advisors and their managers, grounded in the author’s extensive experience as a senior policy practitioner in New Zealand’s Westminster-style system of government. A key message is that effective policy advising is less about cycles, stages and steps, and more about relationships, integrity and communication. Policy making is incremental social problem solving. Policy advising is mostly learned on the job, like an apprenticeship. It starts with careful listening, knowing one’s place in the constitutional scheme of things, winning the confidence of decision makers, skillfully communicating what they need to hear and not only what they want to hear, and learning to lead from behind, scheme virtuously and play nicely with others. The author introduces a public value approach to policy advising that uses collective thinking to address complex policy problems, evidence-informed policy analysis that also factors in emotions and values, and the practice of “gifting and gaining” (rather than “trade-offs”) in the long-term public interest. Theory is illustrated by personal anecdote and each chapter offers practical processes, tools, techniques and questions for reflection, to help readers master the art and craft of policy advising. This second edition has been substantially revised and updated. It provides an expanded, step-by-step approach to stakeholder analysis and prioritisation in relation to an agency’s own strategic frame; it aligns and integrates theory about the public interest, public value and anticipatory governance; and it updates a “fair go” multi-criteria decision analysis matrix with the latest iteration of the N.Z. Treasury’s Living Standards Framework.

Author : Eugene Bardach,Eric M. Patashnik
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781483359458

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A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis by Eugene Bardach,Eric M. Patashnik Pdf

In the Fifth Edition of A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving, Eugene Bardach and new co-author Eric Patashnik draw on more than 40 years of experience teaching students to be effective, accurate, and persuasive policy analysts. This bestselling handbook presents dozens of concrete tips, interesting case studies, and step-by-step strategies that are easily applicable for the budding analyst as well as the seasoned professional. In this new edition, Bardach and Patashnik update many examples to reflect the shifting landscape of policy issues. A new section with advice on how to undertake policy design in addition to making policy choices makes the book even more engaging. Readers will also appreciate a sample document of real world policy analysis, suggestions for developing creative, "out-of-the-box" solutions, and tips for working with clients.

Author : David Bromell
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031553646

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Policy Analysis by David Bromell Pdf

Author : Head, Brian,Crowley, Kate
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447347491

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Policy analysis in Australia by Head, Brian,Crowley, Kate Pdf

Policy Analysis in Australia offers a distinctly Australian interpretation of policy scholarship with eighteen chapters strongly reflecting the outstanding contributions of Australian scholars to the field of public policy. It provides a coherent overview of the strengths and opportunities for policy analysis in Australia. It recognises that government agencies are no longer regarded as the sole source of sound policy analysis, and takes a broad view of policy analysis capacity, both within institutions at all levels of government, and beyond government in the media, political parties, business, and non-government associations. It provides a valuable contribution to Australian scholarship about policy analysis in academic, professional, teaching and learning contexts, and is a key addition to research and teaching in comparative policy analysis and policy studies more generally.

Author : R. Durant
Publisher : Springer
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137069573

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Why Public Service Matters by R. Durant Pdf

Why Public Service Matters conveys the importance, purpose, and nobility of a career as a civil servant in the United States. It does so, however, with an unflinching eye on the realpolitik that drives public administration in America's "compensatory state" and on the pitfalls of reformers' focus on bureaucratic, rather than democratic, administration. The book links the nation's ability to handle contemporary policy problems with the strategic, tactical, and normative quality of public management. In doing so, it offers newcomers a rare, concise, and accessible overview of the field. Readers will gain an appreciation for the challenges, choices, and opportunities facing public managers as they help advance a sense of common purpose informed by democratic constitutional values in twenty-first century America.

Author : Jonathan Craft,John Halligan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108421492

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Advising Governments in the Westminster Tradition by Jonathan Craft,John Halligan Pdf

A comprehensive and comparative analysis of who advises government and how systems of policy advice operate in four Westminster countries.

Author : Michael Howlett
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 827 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000622898

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The Routledge Handbook of Policy Tools by Michael Howlett Pdf

This handbook provides a unique, systematic and comprehensive overview from leading experts in the field of the policy-making tools deployed at all the phases of the policy process. It covers the fundamentals of both new and established policy tools – from regulation and public enterprises to subsidies and information campaigns, as well as new tools, such as social impact investing, nudges, crowdsourcing, co-production and new digital governance and data analysis techniques. The book consists of nine sections with five corresponding to the major research emphases of studies on policy tools across the stages of the policy cycle (agenda-setting, formulation, decision-making, implementation and evaluation). These are accompanied by overviews of key research and concepts, a discussion of how different kinds of tools can be usefully combined in simple or complex policy portfolios or mixes, and a concluding section on future research directions. Consolidating the state of knowledge and uniting classic foundational material with recent advancements in theory and practice in one location, the handbook is a defining volume in this field. The Routledge Handbook of Policy Tools is essential reading and an authoritative reference for scholars, students, researchers and practitioners of public policy, public administration, and public management, as well as those interested in comparative politics and government, public organizations and the use of policy tools and instruments in individual policy areas from climate change to public health.

Author : Zoë Irving
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781035302017

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Teaching Social Policy by Zoë Irving Pdf

Drawing together international perspectives and disciplinary sub-fields of comparative and global social policy, this book provides an insightful guide for educators and academics embarking on or revisiting the design and teaching of classes, courses and programmes in and around social and public policy.

Author : Beryl A. Radin
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781589019591

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Beyond Machiavelli by Beryl A. Radin Pdf

In this new edition of Beyond Machiavelli, Beryl Radin updates her popular overview of the field of policy analysis. Radin, winner of the John Gaus Award from the American Political Science Association, considers the critical issues that confront the policy analysis practitioner, changes in the field, including the globalization of policy analysis, and the dramatic changes in the policy environment. She examines schools and careers; the conflict between the imperatives of analysis and the world of politics; the analytic tools that have been used, created, or discarded over the past fifty years; the relationship between decision makers and analysts as the field has multiplied and spread; and the assumptions about the availability and appropriateness of information that can be used in the analytic task. Once found largely in the United States, policy analysis has become global, and Radin discusses the field’s new paradigms, methodologies and concepts of success. This new edition considers changes in expertise, controversies in the field, today’s career prospects, and the impact of 9/11 on the field. She profiles three additional policy analysis organizations and updates the profiles of the organizations in the first edition. Continuing the trajectory of the fictional characters from the first edition, Radin adds a character representing the new generation just entering the field. The book discusses the shifts in society’s attitudes toward public action, the availability of resources to meet public needs, and the dimensions of policymaking. Written for students, faculty, and practitioners, the book concludes with a look at the possible dimensions of the policy analysis field and profession as it moves into the future.

Author : Jörg Knieling
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781118451717

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Climate Adaptation Governance in Cities and Regions by Jörg Knieling Pdf

Global climate change creates new challenges in particular for cities and regions. As centres of human activity they are especially vulnerable to climate change impacts. Adapting to a changing climate requires dealing with multiple uncertainties and complexity in order to allow proactive action. Therefore, cities and regions around the globe face the challenge of exploring flexible and innovative forms of governance which have to address specific local or regional vulnerabilities and build capacity to accommodate future change. This raises questions about the roles of stakeholders, the involvement of citizens, the composition and use of formal and informal instruments as well as the implementation of different forms of organization and regulation at the local and regional level. This book provides case studies from cities and regions all around the world. It analyses climate change adaptation from a perspective of organizing, administering and implementing local and regional adaptation strategies and measures. It looks into actors, actor-constellations, institutions and networks of climate adaptation. And, it provides the reader with knowledge about good practices and experiences to be transferred for solving adaptation challenges in cities and regions around the globe.

Author : John Halligan
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781839107498

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Reforming Public Management and Governance by John Halligan Pdf

This book examines the impact of several decades of public sector reform in four Westminster systems – Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Political and managerial change has re-defined roles and relationships and how their public sectors function. Often this occurs in comparable ways because of a common administrative tradition, but choices made in different country contexts also produce divergent outcomes. In analysing the results and implications of reform, fundamental issues of and tensions in public administration and management are addressed.