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The Political Process of Policymaking: A Pragmatic Approach to Public Policy
P. Zittoun
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Philippe Zittoun analyses the public policymaking process focusing on how governments relentlessly develop proposals to change public policy to address insoluble problems. Rather than considering this surprising Sisyphean effort as a lack of rationality, the author examines it as a political activity that produces order and stability.
Philippe Zittoun analyses the public policymaking process focusing on how governments relentlessly develop proposals to change public policy to address insoluble problems. Rather than considering this surprising Sisyphean effort as a lack of rationality, the author examines it as a political activity that produces order and stability.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy
Condition
New
Number of Pages
211
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137347657
SKU
V9781137347657
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99-15
About P. Zittoun
Philippe Zittoun is Research Professor of Political Science at LET-ENTPE, University of Lyon, France. He is Vice-Chair of the IPSA 'Public Policy' Research Committee and coordinator of the International Conference on Public Policy. He is also a member of the editorial board of several international journals such as Critical Policy Studies, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, Policy and Society. His ... Read more
Reviews for The Political Process of Policymaking: A Pragmatic Approach to Public Policy
"Despite much lip-service given to the need to understand the profoundly political nature of public policies, there is a distinct tendency in many studies to address the subject in a mechanical way, treating the definition of policy goals and the articulation of the means to achieve them as technical issues subject to a precise instrumental logic and rationality. This excellent ... Read more