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From the award-winning team behind the International Encyclopaedia of Political Science... Moving beyond mainstream “traditional” approaches to bring you a new advanced-level introduction to political science. A perfect introduction for postgraduates who are new to political science, as well as upper-level undergraduates looking to broaden and deepen their understanding of core topics, this progressive account: • Guides you through all key areas of political science: origins, methodological foundations, key topics, and current issues • Takes an international and pluralist perspective with all issues explored in a comparative way related to different cultural and historical contexts • Includes pulled-out descriptions of major concepts, further reading and self-assessment questions at the end of each chapter.
Public Policies and Public Administration
Public Policies and Public Administration
Key terms
- Bureaucracy
- Garbage can model
- Incrementalism
- Neo-institutionalism
- Path dependence
- Policy agenda
- Policy evaluation
- Policy making
- Public policy
- Welfare state
Introduction
Once decisions are made (see previous chapter), there is the problem of implementing them. This issue is so highly relevant that in the very decision-making process the problem of subsequent implementation is already present. In fact, during that process the actors who are in charge of implementation, namely the administration or public bureaucracy, are very often involved (see below), along with the people who are affected by the decisions, especially when these are elite groups whose interests may be greatly affected. This, in turn, also impacts on the compliance with the decisions that are made. Thus, before entering into an analysis of public policies as such ...
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