Contents
Preface xvii
About the Book xix
About the Author xxi
Chapter 1: Public Policy: Introduction to the Concept and Process of Policy 1
Chapter 2: Policy Advocacy: Power and Influence of Non-officials 22
Chapter 3: Constitutional Rules and Power of State Organs in Policymaking 36
Chapter 4: Policy Analysis and Think Tanks 57
Chapter 5: Approaches to Agenda Analysis and Policy Formation 62
Chapter 6: Policy Design and Tools: Approaches and Framework 77
Chapter 7: Public Policy and Intergovernmental Relations 93
Chapter 8: Institutionalism: Its Impact on Policy Process 121
Chapter 9: Policy Analysis: Processes and Tools 129
Chapter 10: Eastonian, Vickerian, Elitist, Groupthink and Marxist Models for Policy Process 149
Chapter 11: Critical Policy Rationalists: Simon, Lindblom, Dror, Etzioni and Cohen, March, Olsen 166
Chapter 12: Rationalist Paradigm and Public Choice Theory 192
Chapter 13: Decision-making: Styles, Process and Non-decision-making 210
Chapter 14: Policy Decision-making: Tools and Techniques 221
Chapter 15: Policy Implementation: Theory and Models 240
Chapter 16: Policy Implementation: Modes of Policy Delivery 256
Chapter 17: Policy Monitoring: Role, Approaches and Techniques 272
Chapter 18: Policy Failure, Learning and Conditions for Implementation 287
Chapter 19: Policy Evaluation: Approaches, Techniques and Impact 302
Chapter 20: Policy Evaluation: Purpose, Criteria and Evaluators 320
Chapter 21: Policy Sciences: Crises and Perspectives 338
Index I-1