Policy

Author: (English) Korbach/Zhang Yi, etc.
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: One of the most authoritative social science textbooks in Western higher education since the 1990s, jointly recommended by renowned scholars from China's top universities over the past decade. This series aims to provide the general public with a simple and convenient way to quickly grasp the basic knowledge of Western social sciences, serving as a "kindergarten textbook" in the field of philosophy and social sciences. As a basic textbook in Western universities, this series is written entirely by leading scholars from various fields in the West, constantly updated to keep pace with the times, and has become one of the internationally recognized authoritative basic social science readers. It is the first step for young students to enter the hall of social sciences. Although a large number of works on policy analysis and policy science have been published in the market in recent years, few, like Korbach's book, treat policy itself as a problem and thread. As the author himself points out, "This book is a general guide to policy, not an introduction to any specific policy." If we often forget the macro academic perspective of policy itself while deeply engaging in policy models and policy issue analysis, then Korbach's book is a roadmap that helps you find that perspective. This book is written for a variety of readers, including practitioners and critics. Many people are interested in specific fields and want to understand what "environmental policy" means and how such policies are formulated. Many students are interested in the political process and want to know how to appropriately connect "policy" with existing analytical terms such as "politics," "rule-making," or "decision-making." Additionally, there are some people who are deeply concerned with the question of "what the government decides to do" in the governance we are part of, and they seem to focus on how diverse behaviors of various entities converge into stable and predictable behavioral patterns, which is why this pattern is labeled as "policy."