In the second, revised and enriched edition of the Public Policy Analysis handbook, the authors delve deeper and enhance their responses to the fundamental questions in the field of public policy and public administration, which is one of the main branches of political science, with the latest literature and sources.
What is a public problem and how is the governmental agenda formed? How, for what purpose, and with what results do governments act or refrain from acting in relation to public problems? Who are the entities that shape and implement public policies and how do different interests and their preferences influence them? What are the key tools they utilize? What are the exogenous factors that affect these processes? How are public policies changing in the age of globalization? What are the contemporary trends and practices of administrative reform and what values govern them?
The purpose of the book is to lay the foundation for understanding the theoretical framework and empirical practices in the field of public administration and policy, which traditionally intersects with scientific fields such as law and political science, utilizing tools beyond strict scientific boundaries, such as those from economics and business administration.
Essentially, like its first edition, it serves as a reference book, presenting the main trends in the relevant theory while avoiding the monolithic adoption of a specific school of thought, and each topic is enriched with empirical examples. In this way, it highlights the wealth of models that have been developed in the relevant scientific fields, aiming to provide a broad perspective of the research and theoretical concerns that underlie them.
