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Policy Reconsidered: Meanings, Politics and Practices
Susan M (Ed Hodgson
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Description for Policy Reconsidered: Meanings, Politics and Practices
Paperback. This book identifies key topics in the policy arena, subjecting them to sustained theoretical and practical appraisal. It shows the advantage of applying a cross-disciplinary lens to the study of 'policy', presenting critical and reflective engagements with theory and practice at all levels of political organisation within a range of contexts. Editor(s): Hodgson, Susan M.; Irving, Zoe. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
The idea of policy is ripe for critical reappraisal. Whilst the context for policy making changes constantly, multiple questions endure, such as how policy is conceived and why; what is taken for granted and what gets problematised; and how policy should be informed, analysed and understood. This book identifies key topics within the policy arena and subjects them to theoretical and practical analysis. It explores the meaning and framing of policy, and examines its practice from the micro- to the supra-national levels, using illustrative case studies to demonstrate how policy is contested, shaped and accounted for. Given the significance of ... Read more
The idea of policy is ripe for critical reappraisal. Whilst the context for policy making changes constantly, multiple questions endure, such as how policy is conceived and why; what is taken for granted and what gets problematised; and how policy should be informed, analysed and understood. This book identifies key topics within the policy arena and subjects them to theoretical and practical analysis. It explores the meaning and framing of policy, and examines its practice from the micro- to the supra-national levels, using illustrative case studies to demonstrate how policy is contested, shaped and accounted for. Given the significance of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Policy Pr
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861349125
SKU
V9781861349125
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About Susan M (Ed Hodgson
Susan M. Hodgson is Director of Research Training for Social Sciences at the University of Sheffield. Her research specialism is in sociology of science. Zoë Irving is Lecturer in Comparative Social Policy at the University of Sheffield, and has published in the areas of gender and employment and the teaching of social policy.
Reviews for Policy Reconsidered: Meanings, Politics and Practices
"Books about policy-making that grapple with the relations between theory, language and application are rare. By bringing in sociology, anthropology and social work this one provides a welcome refreshment of the social and public policy literature and a stimulus to all whose use it." Richard Parry, School of Social and Political Studies, University of Edinburgh MOVE PARRY'S TESTIMONIAL BACK ... Read more