SUB Hamburg A/567895 SAGE LIBRARY OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC POLICY VOLUME I Public Policy in Perspective Edited by Peter Hupe and Michael Hill SAGE Los Angeles London New Delhi Singapore Washington DC
Contents Appendix of Sources Editors' Introduction - Analysis in Action: The Two Faces of Public Policy Peter Hupe and Michael Hill xi xxi Volume I: Public Policy in Perspective Part 1: Foundations 1. Concerning the Way in Which Princes Should Keep Faith 3 Niccolo Machiavelli 2. Rationality in Administrative Behavior 7 Herbert A Simon, 3. The Emerging Conception of the Policy Sciences 21 Harold D. Lasswell 4. Four Systems of Policy.Polirics, and Choice 35 Theodore J. Lowi 5. Institutional Perspectives on Political Institutions 53 James G. March and Johan P. Olsen 6. A Behavioral Approach to the Rational Choice Theory of Collective Action: Presidential Address, American Political Science Association, 1997 71 Elinor Ostrom Part 2: Models of the Policy Process 7. The Study of Administration 119 Woodrow Wilson 8. The New Governance: Governing without Government 137 R.A.W. Rhodes 9. The Dynamics of Multi-Organizational Partnerships: An Analysis of Changing Modes of Governance 157 Vivien Lowndes and Chris Skelcher 10. Analysing Policy Processes as Multiple Governance: Accountability in Social Policy 179 Michael Hill and Peter Hupe
vi Contents 11. The Need for Better Theories 197 Paul A. Sabatier Part 3: Public Policy and Beyond 12. From Public Administration to Public Management: Reassessing a Revolution? 215 Andrew Gray and Bill Jenkins 13. Introduction to Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making 241 Deborah Stone 14. Policy without Polity? Policy Analysis and the Institutional Void 253 Maarten Hajer 15. E-Government and NPM: A Perfect Marriage? 275 Vincent Homburg and Victor Bekkers 16. Is Hierarchical Governance in Decline? Evidence from Empirical Research 295 Carolyn J. Hill and Laurence E. Lynn Jr Volume II: Towards Public Policy Part 4: Policy Agenda-Building 17. Decisions and Nondecisions: An Analytical Framework 3 Peter Bachrach and Morton S. Baratz 18. The Politics of Blame Avoidance 21 R. Kent Weaver 19. How Does an Idea's Time Come? 47 John W. Kingdon 20. Focusing Events, Mobilization, and Agenda Setting 67 Thomas A. Birkland 21. The Advocacy Coalition Framework: Innovations and Clarifications 87 Paul A. Sabatier and Christopher M. Weible Part 5: Policy Formulation 22. Policy Instruments, Policy Styles, and Policy Implementation: National Approaches to Theories of Instrument Choice 121 Michael Howlett 23. The Selection of Policy Instruments: A Network-based Perspective 143 Hans Th. A. Bressers and Laurence J. OToole, Jr 24. Intellectual Obsolescence and Intellectual Makeovers: Reflections on the Tools of Government after Two Decades 169 Christopher Hood
Contents vii 25. Introduction: Understanding Public Policy through Its Instruments - from the Nature of Instruments to the Sociology of Public Policy Instrumentation 187 Pierre Lascoumes and Patrick Le Gales 26. The Lessons for Policy Work 207 Hal Colebatch, Robert Hoppe and Mirko Noordegraaf Part 6: Policy Decision-making 27. The Science of "Muddling Through" 227 Charles E. Lindblom 28. Conclusion to The Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis 243 Graham Allison and Philip Zelikow 29. Between Planning and Politics: Intellect vs. Interaction as Analysis 261 Aaron Wildavsky 30. Rethinking Allison's Models 289 Jonathan Bendor and Thomas H. Hammond 31. Managing Value Conflict in Public Policy 333 David Thacher and Martin Rein Volume III: Public Policy in Action Part 7: Policy Implementation 32. Appearances and Formulating Policy 3 Jeffrey L. Pressman and Aaron Wildavsky 33. The Policy Implementation Process: A Conceptual Framework 29 Donald S. Van Meter and Carl E. Van Horn 34. Implementation Structures: A New Unit of Administrative Analysis 59 Benny Hjern and David O. Porter 35. The Pressman-Wildavsky Paradox: Four Addenda or Why Models Based on Probability Theory Can Predict Implementation Success and Suggest Useful Tactical Advice for Implementers 77 Elinor R. Bowen 36. Synthesizing the Implementation Literature: The Ambiguity-Conflict Model of Policy Implementation 97 Richard E. Matland 37. Research on Policy Implementation: Assessment and Prospects 125 Laurence J. OToole Jr
viii Contents 38. Theory of "Soft" Policy Implementation in Multilevel Systems with an Application to Social Partnership in the Netherlands 149 Rene Torenvlied and Agnes Akkerman Part 8: Policymaking at the Street-Level 39. Street-Level Bureaucracy and the Analysis of Urban Reform 177 Michael Lipsky 40. Street-Level Bureaucrats and Institutional Innovation: Implementing Special-Education Reform 191 Richard Weatherley and Michael Lipsky 41. From Street-Level to System-Level Bureaucracies: How Information and Communication Technology Is Transforming Administrative Discretion and Constitutional Control 221 Mark Bovens and Stavros Zouridis 42. Understanding Implementation: Street-Level Bureaucrat's Resources for Reform 241 Heather C. Hill 43. Politicians, Managers, and Street-Level Bureaucrats: Influences on Policy Implementation 263 Peter J. May and Soren C. Winter Part 9: Policy in Context 44. Assessing Policy Outcomes: Social and Political Biases. 291 Mark Bovens and Paul't Hart 45. Summing Up: Dealing with Uncertainties in Networks 321 Joop Koppenjan and Erik-Hans Klijn 46. The Politics of Path Dependency: Political Conflict in Historical Institutionalism 341 B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre and Desmond S. King 47. A Decade of Treating Networks Seriously 369 Scott E. Robinson 48. Vertical Politics in Horizontal Policy Networks: Framework Setting as Coupling Arrangement 381 Joop Koppenjan, Mirjam Kars and Haiko van der Voort
Contents ix Volume IV: Public Policy in Progress Part 10: Evidence and Policymaking 49. Research for Policy's Sake: The Enlightenment Function of Social Research 3 Carol H. Weiss 50. Epilogue: Making Sense of Policy Fiascoes 15 Mark Bovens and Paul't Hart 51: Policy Analysis, Science and Politics: From 'Speaking Truth to Power" to 'Making Sense Together' 29 Robert Hoppe 52. Disorderly Progress on the Frontiers of Policy Evaluation 47 Dale Krane 53. Debating the Head Start Program: The Westinghouse Reading Scores in Normative Perspective 75 Frank Fischer 54. Towards a Framework for Establishing Policy Success 97 David Marsh and Allan McConnell Part 11: Policy Transfer 55. Learning from Abroad: The Role of Policy Transfer in Contemporary Policy-Making 125 David P. Dolowitz and David Marsh 56. The Limitations of 'Policy Transfer" and 'Lesson Drawing' for Public Policy Research * 145 Oliver James and Martin Lodge 57. Policy Transfer in the European Union: An Institutionalist Perspective 161 Simon Bulmer and Stephen Padgett 58. Causes and Conditions of Cross-National Policy Convergence 191 Katharina Holzinger and Christoph Knill Part 12: Policy Change (Incl. Policy Termination) 59. Policy Paradigms, Social Learning, and the State: The Case of Economic Policymaking in Britain 215 Peter A Hall 60. Ideas, Institutions, and Political Order: Explaining Political Change 243 Robert C. Lieberman 61. Riding the Wave of Opportunity: Termination in Public Policy 275 Iris Geva-May
x Contents 62. Comparative Studies of Policy Agendas 307 Frank R. Baumgartner, Christoffer Green-Pedersen and Bryan D. Jones 63. Process Sequencing Policy Dynamics: Beyond Homeostasis and Path Dependency 323 Michael Howlett