Policy Capacity and Governance
Assessing Governmental Competences and Capabilities in Theory and Practice
Editors: Xun, Wu, Howlett, Michael, Ramesh, M. (Eds.)
Free Preview- 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
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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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.
- Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Policy Capacity: Conceptual Framework and Essential Components
Pages 1-25
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Policy Capacity in Public Administration
Pages 29-48
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Policy Analytical Capacity: The Supply and Demand for Policy Analysis in Government
Pages 49-66
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Measuring Policy Capacity Through Governance Indices
Pages 67-97
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Measuring Policy Analytical Capacity for the Environment: A Case for Engaging New Actors
Pages 99-120
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Policy Capacity and Governance
- Book Subtitle
- Assessing Governmental Competences and Capabilities in Theory and Practice
- Editors
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- Wu Xun
- Michael Howlett
- M. Ramesh
- Series Title
- Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-54675-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-54675-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-54674-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-85451-9
- Series ISSN
- 2524-7441
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXII, 445
- Number of Illustrations
- 34 b/w illustrations
- Topics
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