Public Policy Research---Policy Cycle and Policy Subsystems

Author: Michael Howlett, M. Ramesh
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: Based on an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of public policy theory, the authors review the literature on policy actors, institutions, and tools in the UK, the US, and Canada. From this, they derive the constituent elements of the inductive theory of public policy making and the middle-level theory. The model they construct not only helps unify theoretical and empirical research but also identifies the key factors in the policy change process, which are precisely the concerns of theorists and practitioners in the field.