Reconsidering Policy: Complexity, Governance and the State

Kate Crowley (University of Tasmania),Jenny Stewart (University of New South Wales Canberra),Adrian Kay (Australian National University),Brian W. Head (University of Queensland)

Reconsidering Policy: Complexity, Governance and the State
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
1 September 2021
Pages
256
ISBN
9781447333166

Reconsidering Policy: Complexity, Governance and the State

Kate Crowley (University of Tasmania),Jenny Stewart (University of New South Wales Canberra),Adrian Kay (Australian National University),Brian W. Head (University of Queensland)

This book makes an original contribution to the literature on public policy by reconsidering fundamental concepts that form the basis of policy development, and offers suggestions for improved policy practice considering contemporary circumstances and the implications of governance and the role of the state.

For nation-states, the contexts for developing and implementing policy have become more complex and demanding. Yet policy studies have not fully responded to the challenges and opportunities represented by these developments. Governance literature has drawn attention to a globalising and network-based policy world, but politics and the role of the state have been de-emphasised.

This book addresses this imbalance by reconsidering traditional policy-analytic concepts, and re-developing and extending new ones, in a melded approach defined as systemic institutionalism. This links policy with governance and the state and suggests how real-world issues might be substantively addressed.

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