Policy Making in Britain - An Introduction

Covering the 2010 British election and key current issues and debates, this Second Edition takes an empirical approach to introduce students to the theory of and developments in British policy-making.

List of contents

Problem Definition and Policy Agendas
Policy Advocates: Political Parties, Think Tanks and Organized Interests
The Core Executive, Part One: The Individuals and their Policy Roles
The Core Executive, Part Two: The Institutions and the Policy Roles
Parliament and Public Policy
From Government to Governance
The Internationalization of Public Policy
Policy Implementation
Policy Evaluation

About the author

Peter Dorey is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the School of European Studies, Cardiff University

Summary

Covering the 2010 British election and key current issues and debates, this Second Edition takes an empirical approach to introduce students to the theory of and developments in British policy-making.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Dorey, Dorey Peter
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.04.2014
• EAN: 9781849208475
• ISBN: 978-1-84920-847-5
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Public Administration, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, Public administration / Public policy