Policy Instruments and the Study of Public Policy

1986 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 775-794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Woodside
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
The State ◽  
Alternative Formulation ◽  
Central Feature ◽  
Policy Making Process

AbstractOne of the most distinctive concepts for the study of public policy in Canada is that of policy or governing instruments. This article describes the origins of this literature, provides an overview of its theoretical claims, and evaluates some of these claims. It is argued, first, that the literature is too directly tied to particular theories of the state and of the policy-making process and that those ties are both unnecessary and constrain the usefulness of the concept of policy instruments. Second, the treatment of coercion as the central feature differentiating policy instruments is questioned and an alternative formulation is proposed.

Reconsidering the state

2020 ◽  
pp. 55-74
Author(s):  
Kate Crowley ◽  
Jenny Stewart ◽  
Adrian Kay ◽  
Brian W. Head
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
The State ◽  
Binary Choice ◽  
Policy Effectiveness ◽  
Comparative Public Policy ◽  
Policy Studies ◽  
The Core ◽  
State And Society ◽  
Public Policy Analysis

State-centred and society-centred explanations in comparative public policy analysis disagree markedly on the extent to which the state has autonomy or is essentially a clearing-house for outside forces. In this chapter, we reconsider the position of the state in policy studies by investigating the interactions and inter-dependency between the state and society rather than making a binary choice between state-centred and society-centred perspectives on governance. The core argument is that policy studies can improve its ability to apprehend the position of the state in dilemmas of contemporary policy-making by acknowledging that the state is, at once, both critical to collective action and reliant on crucial elements of societal support for its policy effectiveness. In such terms, governance is a useful label for the variety of ways in which society is not simply acted upon by the state, but actively shapes the actions of and outcomes of state activity.

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Carl Purcell
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Children's Services ◽  
Public Policy Making ◽  
The Public ◽  
Policy Making Process ◽  
Children’S Services

This chapter outlines the rationale for the book and the contribution it seeks to make to research on children’s services reform and the public policy-making process. The emphasis placed on the influence of child abuse inquiries in previous research in this area is questioned. A brief overview of the chapters that follow is also provided.

The State Political Party and the Policy-Making Process

1973 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah McCally Morehouse
Keyword(s):  
Political Party ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
The State ◽  
The Political ◽  
Socioeconomic Variables ◽  
Policy Making Process ◽  
Party Cohesion ◽  
Party Support

This research investigated the proposition that variation in the structure of the political party can account for variation in the type of policy produced. The conditions under which legislators of the governor's party supported his legislative requests in sixteen sessions chosen for different degrees of party cohesion were investigated. The findings indicate that there is very little correlation between the legislator's district primary or election competition and his support for the governor's requests. The Democratic governor is supported by legislators from the districts in which he himself has strong party support as measured by his primary vote. The Republican governor's support cannot be geographically located in this manner. With respect to socioeconomic legislation, the pattern of support for a successful governor does not depend upon socioeconomic variables within the legislators' districts, but if the governor cannot control his legislators, socioeconomic variables provide the major basis for the factions which develop.

The Normative Frameworks of Public Policy

1989 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 376-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Jobert
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Policy Making Process ◽  
Policy Frameworks

This article suggests some tools for the analysis of social conceptions that shape the policy-making process. It defines the three dimensions of policy frameworks and their links with the related notions of paradigm and myth. It analyses the institutionalization of policy framework building and its impact on power relations within the French policy-making process.

THE DISABILITY POLICY MAKING PROCESS

2020 ◽  
Vol 559 (10) ◽  
pp. 22-29
Author(s):  
Paweł Kubicki ◽  
Adriana Mica ◽  
Mikołaj Pawlak
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Disability Policy ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Public Policy Process ◽  
Policy Making Process

Our goal is to analyze the disability policy making process in Poland on the example of implementing the assumptions of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The key tool we use is the model of the five streams of the public policy process: problem, solutions, politics, process and program. In particular, we look at the role played by the movement of people with disabilities in this process. We claim that the weakness of the movements and the origins of activism of people with disabilities other than in Western countries makes the implementation of the Convention in Poland difficult and often ends in failure.

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