Making Policies Work: First- and Second-order Mechanisms in Policy Design

• Main Author: M Ramesh (auth)
• Other Authors: Altaf Virani (auth), Giliberto Capano (auth), Michael Howlett (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Edward Elgar Publishing 2019
• Subjects: Politics & government; Policy Change; Policy Mechanisms; Policy Instruments; Public Policy Design; Policy Implementation; Policy Effectiveness
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Policy design efforts are hampered by inadequate understanding of how policy tools and actions promote effective policies. The objective of this book is to address this gap in understanding by proposing a causal theory of the linkages between policy actions and policy effects. Adopting a mechanistic...