This collection of 46 key classic and contemporary readings explores the environment within which public policy is made and the actual policy-making process. KEY TOPICS: This book includes readings that are among the most frequently cited or that highlight the link between theory and practice particularly well. It groups readings into four major sections which parallel both the majority of policy texts and the way many courses are designed: the nature of public policy — including theories and models of public policy making, the making of policy — the sequential stages that policies pass through, the players — both institutional and non-institutional, policy making as a game — the rules, strategies, and culture of the policy game. Each section begins with an overview essay.

Public Policy: The Essential Readings

Politics & Social Sciences

Theodoulou, Stella Z.

Cahn, Matthew A.

Politics & Government

Pearson

Strategic Planning in Environmental Regulation: A Policy Approach That Works

Strategic Planning in Environmental Regulation introduces an approach to environmental regulatory planning founded on a creative, interactive relationship between business and government. The authors argue that regulation―often too narrowly defined as direct, command-and-control standard setting and enforcement―should include the full range of activities intended to influence private behavior to conform to public goals. The concept of strategic regulatory planning that the book introduces provides a model for designing more effective environmental regulation. Strategic planning requires careful consideration of the regulatory objectives, the target audiences for regulation, and the characteristics of the regulatory agency.
The two important case studies in the book―one on the use of the gasoline additive MTBE and the other on the cleanup of underground storage tanks (USTs)―apply the model, compare the approaches and results, and illustrate the advantages of a strategic approach.
The case of MTBE―in which an additive intended to produce cleaner-burning gasoline was found to contribute to both air and groundwater pollution―shows the drawbacks of top-down regulation by fragmented regulatory agencies. The success of the UST cleanup, in contrast, highlights a unique, strategic, and results-oriented approach to policy implementation. These two cases demonstrate why regulation works better in some cases than others, and the alternative approaches to regulation described in the book promise to promote the achievement of environmental quality goals.

Strategic Planning in Environmental Regulation: A Policy Approach That Works (American and Comparative Environmental Policy)

Business & Money

Kamieniecki, Sheldon

COHEN, Steven

Economics

MIT Press]

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