Public Policy Instruments: Evaluating the Tools of Public Administration - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 185898744X ISBN 13 : 9781858987446

Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

This important book provides a state of the art of the study of policy instruments, combining insights taken from European and American experiences, to present a detailed exposition of the nature and use of policy instruments.

The book first analyses the background of the instrumental approach and outlines its development in the field of public adminstration. It also includes an exposition of four alternative schools of thought about policy instruments, namely, the instrumentalist, proceduralist, contingentist and constitutivist schools. The criteria for choosing instruments are discussed as is the effectiveness of regulatory, financial and communicative instruments. This volume also addresses the recent efforts by governments to restrict intervention in the market. The final section provides a reassessment of the instruments literature and looks at the questions that will continue to face this perspective on public policy.

This book will be of great use to academics and students of public policy and political science as well as policymakers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Edited by B. Guy Peters, Maurice Falk Professor of Government, University of Pittsburgh, US and Frans K.M. van Nispen, Associate Professor of Public Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 185898744X
• ISBN 13: 9781858987446
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Éditeur: Peters B. G., Van Nispen Frans K.M.
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• Personne responsable: non disponible