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100	1		_aCairney, Paul, _916483
245	1	0	_aUnderstanding public policy : _btheories and issues / _cby Paul Cairney.
260			_a. - New Delhi _b: Bloomsburry _c, 2024
300			_axx+296 pages _bill. ;
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: -- Introduction: A Multiple Lens Approach to Policy Change -- What is Public Policy and How Do We Identify Continuity and Change? -- Power, Governance and Decision-Making -- Institutions and Policy Change -- Rationality and Incrementalism -- Structural explanations -- Rational Choice theory -- Multi-level Governance -- Punctuated Equilibrium and Venue Shift -- Advocacy Coalition Framework -- The Role of Ideas, Knowledge and Beliefs -- Policy Transfer -- Implementation, Evaluation and Learning -- Conclusion.
520			_a"This book is a new introduction to theories of public policy. The author provides an accessible assessment of a wide range of theories and models from policy cycles, policy transfer, rational choice and socio-economic explanations to multi-level governance, advocacy coalitions and punctuated equilibrium and of their value to policy analysis"--Provided by publisher.
650		0	_aPolitical planning. _916484
650		0	_aPublic administration.
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