1st Edition
Carrots, Sticks and Sermons Policy Instruments and Their Evaluation
By Ray Rist
Copyright 1998
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
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The literature on policy strategies, instruments, and styles is impressive. Still, a complex variety of theoretical and conceptual approaches and analytical tools hamper a good overview. Carrots, Sticks, and Sermons proposes such a framework for the field and clearly shows how public policy instruments are classified, packaged, and chosen, while highlighting the role evaluation plays in the... Read more
Introduction: Policy Instrument Choice and Evaluation, Part 1: Typology of Instruments, 1. Policy Instruments: Typologies and Theories, 2. The Stick: Regulation as a Tool of Government, 3. The Carrot: Subsidies as a Tool of Government - Theory and Practice, 4. The Sermon: Information Programs in the Public Policy Process--Choice, Effects, and Evaluation, 5. The Give-and-Take Packaging of Policy Instruments: Optimizing Legitimacy and Effectiveness, Part II: Choice and Context, 6. Choosing the Right Policy Instrument at the Right Time: The Contextual Challenges of Selection and Implementation, 7. Contracting-Out and Program Evaluation: A Case Study, 8. Government-Sponsored Enterprises as a Credit Allocation Tool in the United States, 9. The Invisible Problem and How to Deal with It: National Policy Styles in Radiation Protection Policy in The Netherlands, England, and Belgium, 10. The Management and Privatization of Korea's Public Enterprises, 11. Conclusions: Policy Instruments Types, Packages, Choices, and Evaluation, Contributors, Index
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John McCormick
