Public Policy in Action: Perspectives on the Policy Process

This comprehensive textbook explores the policy process from a multitude of perspectives, including rationalism, culturalism, institutionalism and from a political point of view. This allows students to discover key concepts from the policy science literature and gain a deeper understanding of how public policy is discussed academically and shaped empirically. 
Public Policy in Action gives a detailed breakdown of all stages of the policy process by discussing the emergence of policy problems affecting the agenda, the formulation of policy alternatives, the decision-making process, the implementation of policies and the progression to evaluation, learning and policy change. The authors also outline the sets of factors which influence the steps of the policy process internally and externally. The book is supported by a wide variety of case studies from a number of national and international contexts of relevance to an international audience. 
Key features include: 
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<li>Up-to-date review of the literature on the policy process</li>
<li>Coverage on all key elements of the policy cycle</li>
<li>Insight into the complexity of policy making in practice</li>
<li>Multiple perspectives of the policy process</li>
<li>Critical reflections on the roles of policy analysts</li>
<li>Multiple case studies including water management, migration and social policies.</li>
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This extensive and detailed textbook will be an invaluable resource for undergraduate and masters students of public policy, policy analysis and public administration, by providing an insight into the complexity of policy making in the real world.

Politics & Social Sciences

Scholten, Peter

Fenger, Menno

Bekkers, Victor

Politics & Government

Edward Elgar Publishing

The Politics of Migration and Immigration in Europe

Migration and immigration are high on any nation’s agenda but have particular resonance in Europe in light of recent events. The new edition of this book has been fully updated in this respect and explores: <ul>
<li>Immigration policy in individual EU nations</li> <li>The treatment of migrants, including immigrant policies</li> <li>The development and effects of the Shengen agreement</li> <li>The movement towards common EU policies.</li> </ul>
It looks specifically at the contexts of Britain, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Greece and Turkey as well as a examining the changing nature of migration dynamics in central and Eastern Europe. This book is a significant and timely analysis suitable for students of migration at any level.

Geddes, Andrew

Sage Publications Ltd.

Mainstreaming versus Alienation: A Complexity Approach to the Governance of Migration and Diversity (Global Diversities)

This book explores the role of complexity in the governance of migration and diversity. Current policy processes often fail to adequately capture complexity, favouring 'quick fix' approaches to regulation and integration that result in various forms of alienation: problem alienation, institutional alienation, political alienation and social alienation.&nbsp; Scholten draws on literature from gender and environmental governance to develop 'mainstreaming', an approach that reframes migration as a contingent and emergent process made up of complex actor networks, rather than a one-size-fits-all policy model. By ensuring actors understand and respond to complexity, migration research can contribute to reflexivity in policy processes, help to promote mainstreaming, and prevent alienation. The result will be of interest to students and scholars of migration and governance studies, with a focus on policymaking and integration.

Business & Money

Economics

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

From the Back Cover This book explores the role of complexity in the governance of migration and diversity. Current policy processes often fail to adequately capture complexity, favouring ‘quick fix’ approaches to regulation and integration that result in various forms of alienation: problem alienation, institutional alienation, political alienation and social alienation. Scholten draws on literature from gender and environmental governance to develop ‘mainstreaming’, an approach that reframes migration as a contingent and emergent process made up of complex actor networks, rather than a one-size-fits-all policy model. By ensuring actors understand and respond to complexity, migration research can contribute to reflexivity in policy processes, help to promote mainstreaming, and prevent alienation. The result will be of interest to students and scholars of migration and governance studies, with a focus on policymaking and integration. Product Description This book explores the role of complexity in the governance of migration and diversity. Current policy processes often fail to adequately capture complexity, favouring ‘quick fix’ approaches to regulation and integration that result in various forms of alienation: problem alienation, institutional alienation, political alienation and social alienation. Scholten draws on literature from gender and environmental governance to develop ‘mainstreaming’, an approach that reframes migration as a contingent and emergent process made up of complex actor networks, rather than a one-size-fits-all policy model. By ensuring actors understand and respond to complexity, migration research can contribute to reflexivity in policy processes, help to promote mainstreaming, and prevent alienation. The result will be of interest to students and scholars of migration and governance studies, with a focus on policymaking and integration. About the Author Peter Scholten is Professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam, Director of the IMISCOE Research Network on International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe, Editor-in-Chief of Comparative Migration Studies, and Director of the LDE Research Centre on the Governance of Migration and Diversity, The Netherlands.

Cities of Migration: Understanding the diversity of urban diversities in Europe (IMISCOE Research Series)

Pisarevskaya, Asya

Social Sciences

Springer

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