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Policy Capacity and Governance

Assessing Governmental Competences and Capabilities in Theory and Practice

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Editors:
  1. Xun Wu

    1. Division of Public Policy, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

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  2. Michael Howlett

    1. Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada

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  3. M Ramesh

    1. Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

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  • 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)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Policy Capacity: Conceptual Framework and Essential Components

    • Xun Wu, M. Ramesh, Michael Howlett
    Pages 1-25

  4. Theoretical and Empirical Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
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    2. Innovation and the State: Towards an Evolutionary Theory of Policy Capacity

      • Erkki Karo, Rainer Kattel
      Pages 123-150

    3. The Role of Analysts in Public Agencies: Toward an Empirically Grounded Typology

      • Karol Olejniczak, PaweÅ‚ Åšliwowski, RafaÅ‚ TrzciÅ„ski
      Pages 151-178

    4. Policy Analytical Practice Investigated: Exploring Sectoral Patterns in Use of Policy Analytical Techniques

      • Ellen Fobé, Valérie Pattyn, Marleen Brans, David Aubin
      Pages 179-202

    5. Government’s Credible Accountability and Strategic Policy Capacity: Evidence from the Asian NICs of Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia, and Singapore

      • O. Fiona Yap
      Pages 203-228

    6. Does Political Legitimacy Matter for Policy Capacity?

      • Honorata Mazepus
      Pages 229-242

    7. Interest Groups and Policy Capacity: Modes of Engagement, Policy Goods and Networks

      • Carsten Daugbjerg, Bert Fraussen, Darren Halpin
      Pages 243-261
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About this book

This book provides unique insights into the role of policy capacity in policymaking and policy change, as it is being uncovered at the research frontier in contemporary policy studies. The book is structured into a series of sections on policy capacity in theory and practice, each focusing on a specific aspect of policy capacity and its influence on policy formulation, decision-making, implementation and evaluation. In addition to making a significant contribution to the body of literature on the theoretical approaches to researching the role of capacity in policymaking, it also provides practical examples of the application of these approaches through a variety of national and sectoral case studies.  Including contributions from authors working in a wide variety of disciplines, the book demonstrates, across the various topics investigated, many commonalities and consistencies in relation to the study of policy capacity and policy-making.  This work has interdisciplinary appeal and will engage scholars in fields ranging from geography to communications, health, social work and political science, amongst others with an interest in public policy.



Editors and Affiliations

  • Division of Public Policy, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

    Xun Wu

  • Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada

    Michael Howlett

  • 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.



 

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