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The Art and Craft of Policy Advising

A Practical Guide

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  • © 2017

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Authors:
  1. David Bromell

    1. Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

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  • Provides relevant theory, practical tools and techniques for the art and craft of public policy advising
  • Introduces a public value approach to policy advising
  • Clearly structured and written in plain English
  • Written by a practitioner, for practitioners

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: Theory and Practice of Effective Policy Advising

    • David Bromell
    Pages 1-19

  3. Who Are My Clients and What Do They Need from Me?

    • David Bromell
    Pages 21-50

  4. Creating Public Value

    • David Bromell
    Pages 51-82

  5. Doing Policy Analysis

    • David Bromell
    Pages 83-124

  6. Effective Communication

    • David Bromell
    Pages 125-153

  7. Working Together … in the Public Interest

    • David Bromell
    Pages 155-177
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About this book

This book offers a practical guide for policy advisors and their managers, grounded in the author’s extensive experience as a senior policy practitioner in central and local government. 
 
Effective policy advising does not proceed in ‘cycles’ or neatly ordered ‘stages’ and ‘steps’, but is first and foremost a relationship built on careful listening, knowing one’s place in the constitutional scheme of things, becoming useful and winning the confidence of decision makers. 
 
The author introduces readers to a public value approach to policy advising that uses collective thinking to address complex policy problems; evidence-informed policy analysis that factors in emotions and values; and the practice of ‘gifting and gaining’ (rather than ‘trade-offs’) in collaborative governing for the long term. Theory is balanced with practical illustration and processes, tools and techniques, helping readers master the art ofcommunicating what decision-makers need to hear, as well as what they want to hear. 




Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

    David Bromell

About the author

David Bromell is a Senior Associate of the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies and teaches political philosophy and public policy in the School of Government at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Since July 2013, he has worked as Principal Advisor, Strategic Policy, at the Canterbury Regional Council (Environment Canterbury). Previously he worked in tertiary education, the community and voluntary sector, and for ten years in policy advice roles in central government, including as acting Chief Policy Advisor at the Ministry of Social Development, 2012-13.


He has been a visiting research fellow at Victoria University of Wellington and the University of Otago, and (in 2016) at the NRW School of Governance at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.

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