Policy formulation: Where knowledge meets power in the policy process
Publication Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
4-2017
Abstract
Policy formulation relies upon the interplay of knowledge-based analysis of issues with power-based considerations, such as the political assessment of the costs and benefits of proposed actions, and its effects on the partisan and electoral concerns of governments. Policy scholars have long been interested in how governments successfully create, deploy and utilise policy instruments, but the literature on policy formulation has, until now, remained fragmented. This comprehensive Handbook unites original scholarship on policy tools and design, with contributions examining policy actors and the roles they play in the formulation process.
Discipline
Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation | Political Science
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
Handbook of Policy Formulation
Editor
M. Howlett and I. Mukherjee
ISBN
9781784719319
Identifier
10.4337/9781784719326
Publisher
Edward Elgar
City or Country
Cheltenham
Citation
HOWLETT, Michael, & MUKHERJEE, Ishani. (2017). Policy formulation: Where knowledge meets power in the policy process. In Handbook of Policy Formulation (pp. ). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2778
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784719326