How to Do Public Policy

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Anke Hassel (Professor of Public Policy, Professor of Public Policy, Hertie School) Kai Wegrich (Professor of Public Administration and Public Policy, Professor of Public Administration and Public Policy, Hertie School)

How to Do Public Policy

Anke Hassel (Professor of Public Policy, Professor of Public Policy, Hertie School), Kai Wegrich (Professor of Public Administration and Public Policy, Professor of Public Administration and Public Policy, Hertie School)

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Oxford University Press
15 March 2022

Political science & theory; Public administration

How to Do Public Policy offers a guide to students and practitioners on how to improve problem-solving with policies in a political world. It integrates insights from applied policy analysis and studies of the policy process to develop a framework that conceives policy-making as structured by two spheres of action - the 'engine room' of specialists and experts in government agencies, NGOs, research organizations etc., on the one hand, and the political 'superstructure' of politicians, key public stakeholders and the public, on the other hand. Understanding the different logics of the engine room and the superstructure is key for successful policy-making. The dual structure of policy-making provides a perspective on policy-analysis (interactive policy analysis) and policy-making (actor-centred policy-making) that moves from the focus on individual and specific measures, towards understanding and shaping the relation and interaction between policy interventions, the institutional context and the stakeholders involved or affected. Part I of the book presents the basic analytical concepts needed to understand the policy process and the structures and dynamics involved in it, as well as to understand how and why actors behave the way they do-and how to engage with different types of actors. Part II moves further into the nuts and bolts of policy-making, including policy design, implementation, and evaluation. Part III introduces and explores three key aspects of the capacity to make good policies: engagement with stakeholders, the process of policy coordination in a context of interdependence, and the role of institutions.

By: Anke Hassel (Professor of Public Policy Professor of Public Policy Hertie School), Kai Wegrich (Professor of Public Administration and Public Policy, Professor of Public Administration and Public Policy, Hertie School)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 164mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 812g
ISBN: 9780198747000
ISBN 10: 0198747004
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 15 March 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part I: Process Intro to Part I: Understanding the Policy Process 1: Public Policy 2: The Dual Structure of Policy Making 3: How to Set the Agenda Part II Policies Intro to Part II: Understanding the Toolbox 4: How to Choose and Design Policy Instruments 5: How to Implement Public Policy 6: How to Evaluate Policies Part III: Capacities Intro to Part III: Understanding Capacities 7: How to Engage with Stakeholders 8: How to Coordinate Public Policy 9: How to Work with Institutions 10: Conclusions Annex

Anke Hassel is Professor of Public Policy at the Hertie School. Anke Hassel has extensive international experience and scientific expertise in the fields of the labour market, social partnership, codetermination and the comparative political economy of developed industrial nations. She was an expert in the fact-finding committee on growth, prosperity and quality of life in the German Bundestag (2012-13) and a member of the German Federal Government's High-Tech Forum (2019-21). Kai Wegrich is Professor of Public Administration and Public Policy at the Hertie School. His main research interests lie in the areas of bureaucratic politics, regulation, policy implementation and public sector reform. His publications include The Problem-Solving Capacity of the Modern State (co-edited with Martin Lodge, Oxford University Press, 2014) and The Blind Spots of Public Bureaucracy and the Politics of Non-Coordination (co-edited with Tobias Bach, Palgrave, 2019).

Reviews for How to Do Public Policy

This is an excellent textbook to prepare students in public policy programmes for professional roles in the engine room of the policy process. It is well-structured and presents the approaches and analytical methods of public-policy studies lucidly. The authors uniquely and most impressively achieve to integrate technical policy analysis with the perspective of empirical political science. They discuss the tools and limits of evidence-based policy analysis brilliantly and combine them with a sophisticated, but non-cynical, awareness of how policy choices are shaped by multi-actor politics, responding to the contingent salience of political scandals, crises, and windows of opportunity. The book effectively conveys the teachable skills for policy analysts with a realistic awareness of the importance and the limits of their role in the irreducible contingencies of political processes. * Fritz W. Scharpf, Emeritus Director, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies *