\aPublic policy : \b a new introduction / \c Christoph Knill, Jale Tosun.
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\a1st ed.
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\aNew York : \b Palgrave Macmillan, \c 2012
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\axi, 363 p. : \b ill. ; \c 24 cm.
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\aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 295-333) and index.
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\a1. Introduction -- 2. The nature of the public policies -- 3. The context for policy making: central institutions and actors -- 4. Theoretical approaches to policy making -- 5. Problem definition and agenda setting -- 6. Decision making -- 7. Implementation -- 8. Evaluation -- 9. Governance: a synoptic perspective on policy making -- 10. Public policies beyond the nation state -- 11. Policy change and policy convergence -- 12. Conclusions: future challenges for public policy analysis.