The Routledge handbook of policy tools /

The Routledge handbook of policy tools / / edited by Michael Howlett.

"This handbook provides a unique, systematic and comprehensive overview from leading experts in the field of the policy-making tools deployed at all the phases of the policy process. It covers the fundamentals of both new and established policy tools - from regulation and public enterprises to...

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Superior document:Routledge international handbooks
TeilnehmendeR:
Howlett, Michael,
Place / Publishing House:Abingdon, Oxon ;, New York : : Routledge,, [2023]
©2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Routledge international handbooks.
Physical Description:1 online resource (620 pages)
Notes:Includes index.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Endorsements
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Part I Introduction
  • 1 What Is a Policy Tool? An Overview of the Tools Approach to Public Policy
  • 2 The History of the Tools Approach in the Policy Sciences: Key Definitions and Problematics
  • 3 Where Tools Are Deployed in the Policy Process: Policy Instruments and the Policy Cycle
  • 4 The Need to Understand and Integrate Procedural and Substantive Tools
  • Part II Basic Concepts
  • 5 How Tools Work: Policy Instruments as Activators and Mechanisms
  • 6 What Tools Do: Policy Targeting and Behaviour
  • 7 Portfolios of Policy Tools: Types of Policy Mixes
  • 8 Understanding Primary and Secondary Relationships Among Policy Tools in Policy Mixes
  • Part III Agenda-Setting Tools
  • 9 Agenda-Setting Tools in Theory and Practice
  • 10 Formal Agenda-Setting Government Tools: Periodic Evaluations and Reviews
  • 11 Tools to Promote Popular Mobilization and Social Advocacy: Social Identities, Policy Programs, Careers, and Education
  • 12 Consultation Tools and Agenda-Setting
  • 13 Tools for Managing the Media: Monitoring, Branding and Messaging
  • Part IV Policy Formulation Tools
  • 14 Policy Formulation Tools: New Perspectives
  • 15 Indicators and Measures as Policy Tools
  • 16 A Tools-Based Approach to Understanding and Optimizing Policy Advice in Policy Making
  • 17 Tools for Structuring Policy Advice: Commissions of Inquiry and Task Forces as Policy Formulation Instruments
  • 18 Collaboration as a Policy Tool in the Policy Process
  • Part V Decision-Making Tools
  • 19 Supporting Decision-Making Within the Policy Cycle: Techniques and Tools
  • 20 Scenario Analysis, Forecasting and Backcasting as Policy Tools
  • 21 Formal Problem Structuring Tools and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis.
  • 22 Simulation Modeling as a Policy Tool
  • 23 Policy Experiments and Pilots as Tools for Decision-Making
  • Part VI Policy Implementation Tools
  • 24 The Organizational Tools of Government: The "Forgotten Fundamental"
  • 25 Implementing Regulatory Policy: Regulatory Tools and the Use of Authority
  • 26 Treasure Tools: Using Public Funds to Achieve Policy Objectives
  • 27 Information as a Policy Tool: The Role of Government Communication
  • 28 Non-State Market-Driven Tools: Capacity Challenges in Non-State Governance Contexts
  • Part VII Policy Evaluation Tools
  • 29 Theoretical Framework for Public Policy Evaluation: Investigative Designs and Outcomes in a Global Setting
  • 30 Policy Evaluation Instruments: Tools for Learning
  • 31 Tools in Internal and External Evaluations
  • 32 Administrative Procedure as a Tool for Participatory and Efficient Public Governance
  • 33 The Transformative Potential of Evaluation as a Policy Tool
  • Part VIII Selecting and Mixing Tools
  • 34 Policy Tools and (New) Governance Arrangements: Policy Mixes and Their Effectiveness
  • 35 Measuring Policy Instrument Interactions in Policy Mixes: Surveying the Conceptual and Methodological Landscape
  • 36 Policy Tools and the Attributes of Effectiveness: Spaces, Mixes and Instruments
  • 37 Changing the Composition of Policy Mixes: Lock-in, Path Dependency and the Sequencing of Policy Tools
  • 38 Changing Policy Tools on the Fly: Calibrating Policy Instruments
  • Part IX The Future of Policy Tools
  • 39 The Future of Policy Tools: Past Trends and Current Directions
  • 40 Collaboration as the Future of Organizational Tools
  • 41 Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Regulatory Tools
  • 42 The Future of Financial Tools: Will Social Impact Bonds Yield Results?.
  • 43 The Future of Informational Tools With Big Data Informatics: Opportunities and Challenges for Evidence-Based Policymaking
  • 44 The Future of Behavioural Tools in Public Policy
  • Index.

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