New Directions in the Study of Policy Tr

Informationen zum Autor Mark Evans is Director of the Australia-New Zealand School of Government's Institute for Governance at the University of Canberra. Mark's published research focuses on four areas of concern: public administration and public policy; policy analysis; evaluating the impact of processes of globalisation on domestic policy formation; and! post-war reconstruction and development. The research theme that binds all of these areas together is his interest in institution-building and processes of governance. Zusammenfassung This book evaluates the relationship between systemic globalizing forces and the increasing scope and intensity of policy transfer activity in an era of globalization. It was published as a special issue of Policy Studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: New Directions in the Study of Policy Transfer Mark Evans 2. Policy Transfer in Critical Perspective Mark Evans 3. Policy Diffusion and Policy Transfer David Marsh and J.C. Sharman 4. Policy Transfer as Learning: Capturing Variation in What Decision-Makers Learn from Epistemic Communities Claire A. Dunlop 5. Exporting Public-Private Partnerships in Healthcare: Export Strategy and Policy Transfer Chris Holden 6. Accounting for Policy Change through Multi-Level Analysis: The Reform of the Bank of England in the Post-War Era Sucheen Patel 7. The Uncertain Potential of Policy-Learning: A Comparative Assessment of Three Varieties Katrin Toens and Claudia Landwehr 8. Lesson-Drawing and Public Policy: Secondhand Smoking Restrictions in Scotland and England Bossman E. Asare and Donley T. Studlar 9. Policy Mimesis in the Context of Global Governance Andrew Massey 10. In Conclusion: Parting Shots Mark Evans

Product details

• Authors: Mark Evans, Mark Evans
• Assisted by: Mark Evans (Editor)
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 22.04.2010, delayed
• EAN: 9780415584005
• ISBN: 978-0-415-58400-5
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, Health & personal development, Social Work, Social issues & processes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Social and ethical issues, Health, Relationships and Personal development, Research methods: general, Medicine and Nursing