Understanding Policy Success - Rethinking Public Policy

Success and failure are key to any consideration of public policy but there have been remarkably few attempts to assess systematically the various dimensions and complex nature of policy success. This important new text fills the gap by developing a systematic framework and offering an entirely new way of introducing students to policy analysis.>

List of contents

Introduction: The Thorny Problem of Policy Success
Perspectives On Success: The State of the Discipline
Policy Success: Definitions and Dimensions
Dissecting Success: The Spectrum From Success to Failure
Complexity: The Problem of Identifying and Measuring Success
Framing Success: Claims, Counter-Claims and Agenda Impact
Strategies for Policy Making Success: understanding Opportunities and Risks
Strategies For Evaluating Success: Understanding Payoffs and Pitfalls
Reflections: Cultivating, Sustaining, Learning From and Predicting Success
Conclusion: Rethinking Public Policy and Shining a Light in Dark Corners.

About the author

ALLAN MCCONNELL is Professor of Government at the University of Strathclyde, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Allan McConnell, Allen McConnell
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.08.2010
• EAN: 9780230239746
• ISBN: 978-0-230-23974-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Political Science and International Studies, Public Policy, complexity;learning;Policy;public policy;success