2nd Edition

Policy Process A Reader

By Michael Hill Copyright 1997
    454 Pages
    by Routledge

    454 Pages
    by Routledge

    In this new edition of his classic reader, Michael Hill seeks to make the selected extracts reflect a more European outlook on the processess of policy-making and implementation. With reference to the third edition of his popular textbook, The Policy Process in the Modern State, Hill has maintained the thematic approach of the first edition, looking in turn at approaches to policy making in Europe, power, bureaucracy and the State, the rationality/incrememtalism debate, the role of organisational theory in policy implementation, street-level bureaucracy and discretion. Already praised as one of the best readers available in thisfield, Michael Hill's new edition will be even more valued as a reference and teaching resource by students and lecturers alike.

    1. POLICY AND POLICY ANALYSIS
    2. Introduction. Perspectives on Policy Analysis - Ian Gordon, Janet Lewis, and Ken Young
    3. Theory and Practice in Public Policy and Administration - Martin Minogue
    4. Policy Analysis: Models and Approaches - Bill Jenkins
    5. THE ROLE OF THE STATE
    6. Introduction
    7. Three Distinctive Views of Power Compared - Steven Lukes
    8. The Evolution of Pluralist Theory - Gregor McLennan
    9. The Evolution of Marxist Approaches to State Organization - Patrick Dunleavy and Brendan O'Leary
    10. Bringing the State Back In - Theda Skocpol
    11. BUREAUCRACY AND THE STATE
    12. Introduction
    13. Rational-Legal Authority and Bureaucracy - Max Weber
    14. The Economic Theory of Bureaucracy - Gordon Tullock
    15. Efficiency Rules, OK? Weber and the Economic Enterprise Alternatives - Stewart Clegg
    16. Explaining the Privatization Boom: Public Choice versus Radical Approaches -  Patrick Dunleavy
    17. APPLYING POLICY-MAKING THEORIES
    18. Introduction
    19. Master of Fate or Victim of Circumstance: The Exercise of Corporate Power in Environmental Policy-Making - Andrew Blowers
    20. Power in Health Services - Chris Ham
    21. THE DEBATE ABOUT RATIONALITY AND INCREMENTALISM
    22. Introduction
    23. The Artificial Debate Between Rationalist and Incrementalist Models of Decision Making - Gilbert Smith and David May
    24. Political Rationality or Incrementalism - Robert Gregory
    25. IMPLEMENTATION
    26. Introduction
    27. Why 'Perfect Implementation' is Unattainable - Brian Hogwood and Lewis Gunn
    28. Implementation Structures: A New Unit of Administrative Analysis - Benny Hjern and David O. Porter
    29. Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches to Implementation Research - Paul A. Sabatier
    30. APPLICATIONS OF THE STUDY OF ORGANISATIONS TO THE STUDY OF THE POLICY PROCESS
    31. Introduction
    32. The Development of Management Thought - Chris Pollitt
    33. Organizational Models of Social Program Implementation - Richard E. Elmore
    34. Structure and Action as Constructs in the Practice of Public Administration -  Pieter Degeling and Hal Colebatch
    35. Collaboration in Social Welfare: A Framework for Analysis - Bob Hudson
    36. THE INFLUENCE OF FRONT-LINE STAFF: STREET-LEVEL BUREAUCRACY, PROFESSIONALISM AND DISCRETION
    37. Introduction
    38. Street-Level Bureaucracy: An Introduction - Michael Lipsky
    39. Michael Lipsky and Street Level Bureaucracy: A Neglected Perspective  - Bob Hudson
    40. Discretion and Power - Michael Adler and Stewart Asquith
    41. The Exercise of Discretion in the National Assistance Board - Michael Hill

    Biography

    Michael Hill