Learning Policy, Doing Policy : : Interactions Between Public Policy Theory, Practice and Teaching.

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Learning Policy, Doing Policy : : Interactions Between Public Policy Theory, Practice and Teaching.

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When it comes to policymaking, public servants have traditionally learned 'on the job', with practical experience and tacit knowledge valued over theory-based learning and academic analysis. Yet increasing numbers of public servants are undertaking policy training through postgraduate qual...

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Superior document:Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG)
:
Mercer, Trish.
TeilnehmendeR:
Ayres, Russell.
Head, Brian.
Place / Publishing House:Canberra : : ANU Press,, 2021.
©2021.
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG)
Physical Description:1 online resource (352 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Abbreviations
  • Contributors
  • Part 1. Theorising, teaching and learning about policymaking
  • 1. Public policy theory, practice and teaching: Investigating the interactions
  • 2. A quixotic quest? Making theory speak to practice
  • 3. What can policy theory offer busy practitioners? Investigating the Australian experience
  • 4. Delivering public policy programs to senior executives in government-the Australia and New Zealand School of Government 2002-18
  • 5. How do policy professionals in New Zealand use academic research in their work?
  • 6. The dilemmas of managing parliament: Promoting awareness of public management theories to parliamentary administrators
  • Part 2. Putting policymaking theory into practice
  • 7. Public policy processes in Australia: Reflections from experience
  • 8. Using the policy cycle: Practice into theory and back again
  • 9. Succeeding and failing in crafting environment policy: Can public policy theories help?
  • 10. Understanding the policymaking enterprise: Foucault among the bureaucrats
  • 11. The practical realities of policy on the run: A practitioner's response to academic policy frameworks
  • 12. Documenting the link between policy theory and practice in a government department: A map of sea without any land
  • Part 3. How can theory better inform practice and vice versa?
  • 13. Taking lessons from policy theory into practice
  • 14. Synthesising models, theories and frameworks for public policy: Implications for the future
  • 15. Public policy theory, practice and skills: Advancing the debate.

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