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A Research Agenda for Policy Dynamics
No full textIndividuazione dei principali fattori di cambiamento delle politiche su cui è necessaria una maggiore attenzione di ricerca da parte dei policy schola
Re-Thinking Governance In Public Policy. Dynamics, Strategy And Capacities
No full textGovernance is not a fashion, but a firmly-established lens through which to analyze the complexity of contemporary policy making, that is, the way in which a society and its political processes are organized and steered. Thus governance needs to be seen as a general concept within political analysis which represents a necessary, heuristic tool with which to describe some of the complexity of political processes. Governance is not only a fashionable term, but one destined to remain with us for some time yet.
However, despite a great deal having been written on the subject in recent years, questions remain about many fundamental aspects of governance. This is especially the case in both defining and understanding governance modes and their dynamics, the subject of this book. Many “Varieties of Governance” exist, both cross-nationally and cross sectorally and understanding why this is the case and how it has come about is important for the future of governance studies.
In this introductory chapter, after a brief reflection on the heuristic relevance of the concept, we focus on the following three specific aspects of governance: dynamics, strategy and capacity. The notion of ‘governance dynamics’ suggests that ‘modes of governance’ identified in earlier studies may not be stable, but rather dynamic, meaning that that there are no set governance arrangements within a given political system. These may change over the course of time, as governments adopt different architectural features and mix policy tools in different ways. A mode of governance , in this perspective is an equilibrium moment, rather than a permanent stable construct.
‘Governance strategy’ is a concept which reflects this ability of governments to alter governance arrangements and give them their dynamic character. It suggests that behind every mode or governance equilibrium lies a specific undertaking by different policy actors, as they seek the best governance arrangement to attain their purposes, and consequently try to see that it is established. This is particularly true of governments, since they continue to be in charge of systemic responsibility and are the most powerful authoritative actors in virtually all societies.
“Governance capacity”, is a third critical concept, one which emphasizes that not every choice of governance mechanism is likely to be equally successful in terms of attaining government goals. Every governance arrangement must be effective, that is, capable of resolving political and policy problems, but simply designating or advocating a specific arrangement does not ensure its success
Instrumentation in policy design: policy tools – from devices to activators
No full textEffective policy design requires an understanding of policy instrument choices and the
range of possibilities for tool deployment present in any design situation. Instrumentation,
or the selection of tools in a policy design, is a key factor determining design effectiveness
and policy advisors and decision-makers must be aware of what instrument options they
have and how they can be mobilized. They must know, for example which ones are
technically feasible in a given context as well as which are considered legitimate and
appropriate by policy experts, politicians and the public. This chapter discusses these
elements of policy instrument choices for policy design and the state of knowledge
concerning how these choices are, and should be, made
Governance styles. Re-thinking governance and public policy
No full textGovernance is a general concept which describes some of the complexity of political and policy
processes by focussing on the relationships existing between governments and the governed.
Policy making is an arena full of actors who are not only vertically structured but also linked
together by a series of informal relationships (Solomon 2008; Richardson 2012), and we need
to understand how these work so that society is steered. The use of the term ‘governance’ helps
to capture these additional aspects of government and governing, where a multitude of actors
interact in both formal and informal ways (for example, international relations, international
political economy, global studies)
Necessary and sufficient conditions for the inversion of linearly-perturbed bounded linear operators on Banach space using Laurent series
No full textAmie R. Albrecht, Phil G. Howlett, Charles E.M. Pearc
Diana Howlett
No full textResearch School of Pacific Studies - Research Scholars - Miss M. J. Steven, Dr. Ethel Drus, Dr. Paula Brown, Prof. J. A. Barnes, Dr. H. C. Brookfield, Dr. A. L. Epstein, Dr. F. J. West, Dr. G. J. R. Linge, Mr. H. E. Maude, Dr. E. S. Crawcour, Mr. T. W. Eckersley, Dr. S. A. Wurm, Mr. M. A. Jaspan, N. J. Hunter, R. L. Heathcote, Miss D. MacEachern, Mr. R. V. White, E. C. F. Bird, Mr. A. M. Healy, R. H. T. Smith, R. M. Frazer, A. Fraser, D. C. Laycock, M. R. Allen, R. D. Peranio, G. M. Appell, D. B. Howlett, J. Beckett, R. Crocombe, J. Mosley, Mrs. M. J. Retcher, P. G. Ganguly, A. Place, H. D. Chiang, M. Singarimbun, A. V. Mozley, J. J. Broomfield, B. Kent, D. Carrington, Mr. G. C. Bolton, Mr. E. P. Water
Disentangling the mechanistic chain for better policy design
No full textUnderstanding how policy design can incentivize, constrain, and otherwise structure policy targets’ behavior to achieve desired results is vital but requires a clear understanding of the mechanisms that link policy tools to actual behavior. More importantly, it requires reasoning in terms of the processes and interactions that can be activated by policy tools to accomplish desired results. It is therefore imperative that policy designers – both those who study it and those who practice it – specify clearly the linkages between the input (policy design) and the output, via the intended and unintended processes triggered by the design. Many existing analytical efforts focus only on shedding light on what is needed for good policy design and ignore how good policy design works in terms of the types of processes that can be activated to achieve (or not) the desired results. As a result, we know little about how different solutions trigger and drive the achievement of intended outcomes. The literature on policy design is often based on anecdotes and correlations, jumping from proposed solutions to anticipated outcomes without exploring the conditions that are the real determinants of policy results
The effects of altered membrane fatty acid composition on the toxic interactions of heavy metals with Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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Causal logics and mechanisms in policy design: How and why adopting a mechanistic perspective can improve policy design
No full textPolicy design undertakes to develop effective policies and hence must understand whether and how effective policies can be formulated and implemented. However, very often policy design has failed to focus on the causal chain that represents the actual driver of policy effects and thus misconstrues the potential effectiveness of a policy design. A mechanistic perspective is extremely helpful for conceptualising and pinpointing such causal chains, as it focuses on the real processes that must be activated by policy-makers in implementing policy designs. This article identifies the main steps to be taken when adopting such a mechanistic approach to policy design
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