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Understanding Public Policy: Theories and Issues
Paul Cairney
A major new introduction to theories of public policy. The author provides an accessible assessment of a wide range of theories and models from policy cycles, policy transfer, rational choice and socio-economic explanations to multi-level governance, advocacy coalitions and punctuated equilibrium and of their value to policy analysis.
352 pages, 4 figures, 5 black & white tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 22, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9780230229709 |
| Publishers | Macmillan Education UK |
| Pages | 352 |
| Dimensions | 242 × 166 × 24 mm · 612 g |
| Language | English |
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