The Importance of Neglect in Policy-Making

De Vries argues that it is possible to explain when and in what direction policy change is likely to occur. He argues that what is neglected at present is likely to become dominant in policies of the near future. With the birth of a new policy generation a convergence towards meeting the dominant value of that generation will become evident.

List of contents

Foreword Explaining and Predicting the Nature of Policy Change The Idea of Policy Generations Changing Relative Attention Generations of Policy Instruments The Changing Roles of Societal Groups A Model of Fundamental Policy Change and a Final Test References Index

About the author

MICHIEL S. DE VRIES is Professor in Public Administration at the Institute of Management Research of the Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Other books he has written/edited are: Calculated Choices in Policy Making (Palgrave, 2000), Improving Local Government (Palgrave 2008, together with PS Reddy and Shamsul Haque), Beyond Blame: Technical Assistance to CEE Countries in Transition (NISPA, 2009, together with I. Sobis) and Value and Virtue in Public Administration (Palgrave 2010, forthcoming, together with Pan Suk Kim).

Summary

De Vries argues that it is possible to explain when and in what direction policy change is likely to occur. He argues that what is neglected at present is likely to become dominant in policies of the near future. With the birth of a new policy generation a convergence towards meeting the dominant value of that generation will become evident.

Product details

• Authors: Michiel S de Vries, Michiel S. de Vries, Kenneth A Loparo, Kenneth A. Loparo, Michiel de Vries
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9781349318049
• ISBN: 978-1-349-31804-9
• No. of pages: 203
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 230 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 328 g
• Illustrations: XVII, 203 p.
• Series: Governance and Public Management; Governance and Public Manageme; Governance and Public Management
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; B, Political Science, International Relations, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Public Administration, Public Policy, United States of America, USA, The Americas, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, US Politics, United States—Politics and government, American Politics, attention;nature;Policy;policy-making