Public Policy Research -- Policy Cycle and Policy Subsystems

Author: Haurit et al. (Auth.), Pang Shi et al. (Trans.)
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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 formulation and the middle-level theory. The model they construct not only facilitates the unification of theoretical and empirical research but also identifies the key elements of the policy change process, which are precisely the focus of theorists and practitioners in this field.