Bad Public Policy - Malignity, Volatility and the Inherent Vices of Policymaking

Policy studies assume the existence of baseline parameters - such as honest governments doing their best to create public value, publics responding in good faith, and both parties relying on a policy-making process which aligns with the public interest. In such circumstances, policy goals are expected to be produced through mechanisms in which the public can articulate its preferences and policy-makers are expected to listen to what has been said in determining their governments' courses of action. While these conditions are found in some governments, there is evidence from around the world that much policy-making occurs without these pre-conditions and processes. Unlike situations which produce what can be thought of as 'good' public policy, 'bad' public policy is a more common outcome. How this happens and what makes for bad public policy are the subjects of this Element. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Sommario

1. Introduction; 2. Studying the darkside: advancing the concepts of policy risk, malign policy and policy volatility in the policy sciences; 3. The darkside and the brightside of policy-making: democratic values and the policy sciences; 4. The inherent vices of policy and policy design; 5. A risk approach to the management of policy volatility: adverse behaviour and procedural policy tools; 6. Trends in the management of inherent policy volatility: efforts to manage internal policy risk in three OECD countries; 7. Conclusion: vigilance and vices; References.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Michael (Simon Fraser University) Leong Howlett, Howlett Michael, Tim Legrand, Ching Leong
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2025
• EAN: 9781009497039
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0949703-9
• Pagine: 110
• Serie: Elements in Public Policy
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Economia politica; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Political structure & processes, Public Administration, Central / national / federal government policies, Political structure and processes, Risk assessment, Central government policies