Add to ORKGThis book questions the way policy making has been distanced from politics in prevailing theories of the policy process, and highlights the frequently overlooked ubiquity of values and values conflicts in politics and policy. It examines the strengths and weaknesses of current theories, reviews the illusions of rationalism in politics, and explores the way values are implicated throughout the democratic process, from voter choice to policy decisions. It argues that our understanding of public policy is enhanced by recognizing its intrinsically political and value-laden nature
How should political theorists go about their work if they are democrats? Given their democratic com...
The aim of this textbook is to introduce students and young researchers to the analysis of the decis...
Book synopsis: Public policy thinking and implementation is both a process of intellectual thought a...
An aura of vagueness sticks to the term values when used in public policy research. This paper surve...
This research adopts a methodological approach to the analysis of policy-making, which allows both a...
In short Many current challenges, such as overcoming the Covid-19 pandemic, migration, or climate...
[About the book] This book is about public policy and how policy decisions shape the lives of cit...
Book synopsis: This book explores a variety of perspectives on the making of public policy. Also exp...
This readable and conceptual approach to public policy carefully balances theory and practice--unlik...
What determines the size and form of redistributive programs, the extent and type of public goods pr...
This book outlines key concepts and theoretical approaches that underpin the study of the policy pro...
Public policy is a specific branch of policy studies, having as its field of research a specific de...
In this chapter, I review different ways of dealing with values in science that philosophers have de...
There has been a resurgence of interest in values in recent public administration research, based on...
Scholars of public administration have historically too often been disdainful towards politics in th...
How should political theorists go about their work if they are democrats? Given their democratic com...
The aim of this textbook is to introduce students and young researchers to the analysis of the decis...
Book synopsis: Public policy thinking and implementation is both a process of intellectual thought a...
An aura of vagueness sticks to the term values when used in public policy research. This paper surve...
This research adopts a methodological approach to the analysis of policy-making, which allows both a...
In short Many current challenges, such as overcoming the Covid-19 pandemic, migration, or climate...
[About the book] This book is about public policy and how policy decisions shape the lives of cit...
Book synopsis: This book explores a variety of perspectives on the making of public policy. Also exp...
This readable and conceptual approach to public policy carefully balances theory and practice--unlik...
What determines the size and form of redistributive programs, the extent and type of public goods pr...
This book outlines key concepts and theoretical approaches that underpin the study of the policy pro...
Public policy is a specific branch of policy studies, having as its field of research a specific de...
In this chapter, I review different ways of dealing with values in science that philosophers have de...
There has been a resurgence of interest in values in recent public administration research, based on...
Scholars of public administration have historically too often been disdainful towards politics in th...
How should political theorists go about their work if they are democrats? Given their democratic com...
The aim of this textbook is to introduce students and young researchers to the analysis of the decis...
Book synopsis: Public policy thinking and implementation is both a process of intellectual thought a...