Policy Analysis for the Real World [Paperback] Hogwood, Brian W. & Lewis A. Gunn.

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Hogwood, Brian W.

Gunn, Lewis A.

Addiction & Recovery

Policy Analysis for the Real World

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Oxford University Press

Social Sciences

The Pathology of Public Policy

Governments, like people, suffer in various ways when their internal functions go awry. But, unlike medical pathology, there is no recognized system of classification for the malfunctioning of policymaking. Building on the analogy between the human body and the body politic, this intriguing study uses the language of medical pathology to investigate the disorders some governments suffer in making and implementing public policy. Seven categories of pathologies are discussed--from congenital disorders and delusions to obesity and terminal illness--in light of the dynamics of the disease process, diagnosis and suggested treatment, and the potential dangers of the treatment itself. In comparing policy anaysts with doctors, the authors are careful to emphasize those features of the medical profession that should be avoided, as well as those to be cultivated, by policymakers.

Peters, B.Guy

Business & Money

Governments, like people, suffer in various ways when their internal functions go awry. But, unlike medical pathology, there is no recognized system of classification for the malfunctioning of policymaking. Building on the analogy between the human body and the body politic, this intriguing study uses the language of medical pathology to investigate the disorders some governments suffer in making and implmenting public policy. Seven categories of pathologies are discussed--from congenital disorders and delusions to obesity and terminal illness--in light of the dynamics of the disease process, diagnosis and suggested treatment, and the potential dangers of the treatment itself. In comparing policy anaysts with doctors, the authors are careful to emphasize those features of the medical profession that should be avoided, as well as those to be cultivated, by policymakers.

Policy dynamics

St.Martin's Press

<p>This book sets out to examine the effects of governments on society since the war. It presents tables and graphs mapping levels of expenditure, employment and legislative activity of the various administrations, and examines these in the light of social, economic and demographic trends in the UK and in Europe. The book contends that the way in which social and economic trends are presented by politicians and addressed in manifestos bears only a casual relation to what is actually going on in the country.</p>

Trends in British Public Policy: Do Governments Make Any Difference?

Politics & Government

Open Univ Pr

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