The Tools of Policy Formulation: Actors, Capacities, Venues and Effects

• Main Author: Andrew J. Jordan (auth)
• Other Authors: John R. Turnpenny (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Edward Elgar Publishing 2015
• Series: New Horizons in Public Policy series
• Subjects: assessment; public management; Public Policy; government; public administration; tools; policy appraisal
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Policy analysts are accustomed to thinking in terms of tools and instruments. Yet an authoritative examination of the tools which have been developed to formulate new policies is missing. This book is the first of its kind to distinguish the defining characteristics of the main policy formulation to...