The Oxford Handbooks of Political Science is a ten-volume set of reference books offering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of the state of political science. This volume, the Oxford Handbook of Public Policy, surveys all the major approaches to public policy using an innovative structure that responds to the very latest scholarship. Its chapters touch upon institutional and historical sources and analytical methods, how policy is made, how it is evaluated and how it is constrained. In these ways, the Handbook shows how the combined wisdom of political science as a whole can be brought to bear on political attempts to improve the human condition. Oxford Handbooks of Political Science are the essential guide to the state of political science today. With engaging contributions from 55 major international scholars, the Oxford Handbook of Public Policy provides the key point of reference for anyone working in public policy and beyond. About the Contributors ix PART I INTRODUCTION 1. The Public and its Policies 3(36) ROBERT E. GOODIN, MARTIN REIN & MICHAEL MORAN PART II INSTITUTIONAL AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 2. The Historical Roots of the Field 39(19) PETER DELEON 3. Emergence of Schools of Public Policy: Reflections by a Founding Dean 58(22) GRAHAM ALLISON 4. Training for Policy Makers 80(29) YEHEZKEL DROR PART III MODES OF POLICY ANALYSIS 5. Policy Analysis as Puzzle Solving 109(15) CHRISTOPHER WINSHIP 6. Policy Analysis as Critical Listening 124(28) JOHN FORESTER 7. Policy Analysis as Policy Advice 152(17) RICHARD WILSON 8. Policy Analysis for Democracy 169(21) HELEN INGRAM & ANNE L. SCHNEIDER 9. Policy Analysis as Critique 190 JOHN S. DRYZEK PART IV PRODUCING PUBLIC POLICY 10. The Origins of Policy 207(21) EDWARD C. PAGE 11. Agenda Setting 228(23) GIANDOMENICO MAJONE 12. Ordering through Discourse 251(18) MAARTEN HAJER & DAVID LAWS 13. Arguing, Bargaining, and Getting Agreement 269(27) LAWRENCE SUSSKIND 14. Policy Impact 296(23) KAREL VAN DEN BOSCH & BEA CANTILLON 15. The Politics of Policy Evaluation 319(17) MARK BOVENS, PAUL 'T HART & SANNEKE KUIPERS 16. Policy Dynamics 336(31) EUGENE BARDACH 17. Learning in Public Policy 367(22) RICHARD FREEMAN 18. Reframing Problematic Policies 389(20) MARTIN REIN PART V INSTRUMENTS OF POLICY 19. Policy in Practice 409(16) DAVID LAWS & MAARTEN HAJER 20. Policy Network Analysis 425(23) R.A.W. RHODES 21. Smart Policy? 448(21) TOM CHRISTENSEN 22. The Tools of Government in the Information Age 469(13) CHRISTOPHER HOOD 23. Policy Analysis as Organizational Analysis 482(14) BARRY L. FRIEDMAN 24. Public Private Collaboration 496(33) JOHN D. DONAHUE & RICHARD J. ZECKHAUSER PART VI CONSTRAINTS ON PUBLIC POLICY 25. Economic Constraints on Public Policy 529(14) JOHN QUIGGIN 26. Political Feasibility: Interests and Power 543(14) WILLIAM A. GALSTON 27. Institutional Constraints on Policy 557(15) ELLEN M. IMMERGUT 28. Social and Cultural Factors: Constraining and Enabling 572(15) DAVIS B. BOBROW 29. Globalization and Public Policy 587(20) COLIN HAY PART VII POLICY INTERVENTION: STYLES AND RATIONALES 30. Distributive and Redistributive Policy 607(17) TOM SEFTON 31. Market and Non-Market Failures 624(27) MARK A.R. KLEIMAN & STEVEN M. TELES 32. Privatization and Regulatory Regimes 651(18) COLIN SCOTT 33. Democratizing the Policy Process 669(20) ARCHON FUNG PART VIII COMMENDING AND EVALUATING PUBLIC POLICIES 34. The Logic of Appropriateness 689(20) JAMES G. MARCH & JOHAN P. OLSEN 35. Ethical Dimensions of Public Policy 709(20) HENRY SHUE 36. Economic Techniques 729(17) KEVIN B. SMITH 37. Economism and its Limits 746(25) JONATHAN WOLFF & DIRK HAUBRICH 38. Policy Modeling 771(35) NETA C. CRAWFORD 39. Social Experimentation for Public Policy 806(27) CAROL HIRSCHON WEISS & JOHANNA BIRCKMAYER PART IX PUBLIC POLICY, OLD AND NEW 40. The Unique Methodology of Policy Research 833(11) AMITAI ETZIONI 41, Choosing Governance Systems: A Plea for Comparative Research 844(14) ORAN R. YOUNG 42. The Politics of Retrenchment: The US Case 858(16) FRANCES FOX PIVEN 43. Reflections on How Political Scientists (and Others) Might Think about Energy and Policy 874(18) MATTHEW HOLDEN, JR. 44. Reflections on Policy Analysis: Putting it Together Again 892(21) RUDOLF KLEIN & THEODORE R. MARMOR Index 913