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Understanding Policy Decisions

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Bruno Dente

    1. Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

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  • Defines a model for analysis of public policy decisions
  • Clearly identifies the elements of decision making
  • Highlights possible decisional strategies
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)

Part of the book sub series: PoliMI SpringerBriefs (BRIEFSPOLIMI)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Understanding Policy Decisions

    • Bruno Dente
    Pages 1-27

  3. Who Decides? Actors and Their Resources

    • Bruno Dente
    Pages 29-66

  4. What is Decided? The Content of the Decision

    • Bruno Dente
    Pages 67-75

  5. How Do We Decide? The Patterns of Interaction

    • Bruno Dente
    Pages 77-88

  6. Where (and When) Do We Decide? The Context of the Decision

    • Bruno Dente
    Pages 89-98

  7. Strategies for Policy Entrepreneurs

    • Bruno Dente
    Pages 99-129

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 131-134
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About this book

This book proposes a model for understanding how innovative policy decisions are taken in complex political and organizational systems as well as the possible strategies that the promoter of the innovation can employ in order to maximize the probability of successful adoption and implementation. It presents a conceptual framework for the analysis of decisional situations in order to design the most appropriate strategies for overcoming conflict (e.g. of the NIMBY variety) and/or increasing the engagement of potentially interested actors. The book includes a template for decisional case studies, a protocol for the definition of a decisional strategy, and an exercise in decisional analysis.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Bruno Dente

About the author

Bruno Dente is full professor of Public Policy Analysis at Politecnico di Milano, Italy.

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