Interrogating Public Policy Theory: a political values perspective
This book questions the way policy making has been distanced from politics in prevailing theories of the policy process, and highlights the frequently overlooked ubiquity of values and values conflicts in politics and policy. It examines the strengths and weaknesses of current theories, reviews the...
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Edward Elgar
2019
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| author | Botterill, L. Fenna, Alan |
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| description | This book questions the way policy making has been distanced from politics in prevailing theories of the policy process, and highlights the frequently overlooked ubiquity of values and values conflicts in politics and policy. It examines the strengths and weaknesses of current theories, reviews the illusions of rationalism in politics, and explores the way values are implicated throughout the democratic process, from voter choice to policy decisions. It argues that our understanding of public policy is enhanced by recognizing its intrinsically political and value-laden nature. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-741212020-07-22T04:48:14Z Interrogating Public Policy Theory: a political values perspective Botterill, L. Fenna, Alan This book questions the way policy making has been distanced from politics in prevailing theories of the policy process, and highlights the frequently overlooked ubiquity of values and values conflicts in politics and policy. It examines the strengths and weaknesses of current theories, reviews the illusions of rationalism in politics, and explores the way values are implicated throughout the democratic process, from voter choice to policy decisions. It argues that our understanding of public policy is enhanced by recognizing its intrinsically political and value-laden nature. 2019 Book http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74121 Edward Elgar restricted |
| spellingShingle | Botterill, L. Fenna, Alan Interrogating Public Policy Theory: a political values perspective |
| title | Interrogating Public Policy Theory: a political values perspective |
| title_full | Interrogating Public Policy Theory: a political values perspective |
| title_fullStr | Interrogating Public Policy Theory: a political values perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interrogating Public Policy Theory: a political values perspective |
| title_short | Interrogating Public Policy Theory: a political values perspective |
| title_sort | interrogating public policy theory: a political values perspective |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74121 |