UID:
almahu_9949384470202882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9780429684517
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0429684517
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9780429684500
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0429684509
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9780429684494
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0429684495
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9780429401046
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0429401043
Series Statement:
Routledge textbooks in policy studies
Content:
The Policy Design Primer is a concise and practical introduction to the principles and elements of policy design in contemporary governance. Guiding students through the study of the instruments used by governments in carrying out their tasks, adapting to, and altering their environments, this book: Examines the range of substantive and procedural policy instruments that together comprise the toolbox from which governments select specific tools expected to resolve policy problems, Considers the principles behind the selection and use of specific types of instruments in contemporary government, Addresses the issues of instrument mixes and their (re)design in a discussion of the future research agenda of policy design and Discusses several current trends in instrument use often linked to factors such as globalization and the increasingly networked nature of modern society. This readily digestible and informative book provides a comprehensive overview of this essential component of modern governance, featuring helpful definitions of key concepts and further reading. This book is essential reading for all students of public policy, administration and management as well as more broadly for relevant courses in health, social welfare, environment, development and local government, in addition to those managers and practitioners involved in Executive Education and policy design work on the ground.
Note:
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; PART I: Policy design in the modern state; 1 Basic concepts and vocabulary; The tools orientation towards policy design: authoritative instrumentalism; What is public policy?; What is policy design?; What is a policy instrument?; What is an implementation tool?; What isn't policy design?; How do designs change?; References; 2 Systematically studying policy design: the logic of tool use; Knowledge limitations affecting policy design; Behavioural considerations
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Improving policy designs through better linking tools, mechanisms and targetsConclusion: policy design as instrumental knowledge mobilization; References; PART II: Policy tools -- the building blocks of policy designs; 3 Organizational implementation tools; Substantive organizational instruments; Direct government; Line departments; Central support agencies; Social and health insurance and pension plans; Quasi-governmental organizational forms; Public enterprises and other corporate forms; Organizational hybrids (alternative service delivery); Partnerships, commissioning and contracting out
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CommissioningContracting; Non-state and society-based tools: co-production and certification; Certification; Co-production; Procedural organizational instruments; Network management tools; Staff or central (executive) agencies; Tribunals and other quasi-judicial bodies; Creating or reorganizing government agencies; Establishing analytical units; Establishing clientele units; Establishing government reviews, ad hoc task forces, commissions, inquiries and public hearings; Legislative and executive oversight agencies
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Conclusion: organizational tools -- the forgotten fundamental in policy design studiesReferences; 4 Authoritative implementation tools; Substantive authoritative instruments; Direct government regulation; Laws; Direct departmental regulation and Independent regulatory commissions; Indirect government regulation; Delegated professional regulation; Voluntary or incentive regulation; Market creation and maintenance; Procedural authoritative instruments; Policy network activation and mobilization tools; Sectoral advisory councils; Public consultation, stakeholder and consensus conferences
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Conclusion: regulation -- a very flexible instrumentReferences; 5 Financial implementation tools; Substantive financial instruments; Cash-based financial tools; Grants, subsidies and user fees; Tax- or royalty-based financial instruments; Tax- and royalty-based expenditures; Excise taxes; Cash or tax-equivalent financial tools; Preferential procurement; Favourable insurance and loan guarantees; Vouchers for public services; Sales of state assets at below-market prices; Procedural financial instruments; Financial policy network creation tools; Interest group creation
Additional Edition:
Print version: Howlett, Michael, 1955- Policy design primer. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019 ISBN 9780367001612
Language:
English
Keywords:
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DOI:
10.4324/9780429401046.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429401046
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