Editors:
- Synthesizes research on capacity in both theoretical and empirical contexts, from a range of countries and levels of governance
- Draws together contributions from some of the leading policy researchers in the world
- Of interest to scholars of public policy who work in a number of fields ranging from geography to communications, health, social work, and political science
Part of the book series: Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy (PEPP)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Conceptual and Measurement Issues
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Front Matter
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Theoretical and Empirical Issues
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Front Matter
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Case Studies
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Front Matter
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Division of Public Policy, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
Xun Wu
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Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
Michael Howlett
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Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
M Ramesh
About the editors
Michael Howlett is Burnaby Mountain Chair in the Department of Political Science at Simon Fraser University, Canada, and Yong Pung How Chair Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.
M Ramesh is Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.
WU Xun is Professor in the Division of Social Science and the Division of Environment at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Policy Capacity and Governance
Book Subtitle: Assessing Governmental Competences and Capabilities in Theory and Practice
Editors: Xun Wu, Michael Howlett, M Ramesh
Series Title: Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54675-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-54674-2Published: 18 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85451-9Published: 14 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-54675-9Published: 29 September 2017
Series ISSN: 2524-7441
Series E-ISSN: 2524-745X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 445
Number of Illustrations: 34 b/w illustrations
Topics: Public Policy, Public Administration, Governance and Government