The Governance of Problems: Puzzling, Powering and ParticipationContemporary democracies need to develop a better governance of problems, as all too often, policy is a sophisticated answer to the wrong problem. This book offers a compelling approach to public policy-making as problem processing, bringing together aspects of puzzling, powering and participation, relating them in interesting and different ways to cultural theory, to issues about networks, to models of democracy and modes of citizen participation. Part of a growing body of work in policy analysis literature, the book is clearly written and accessibly presented, making this an ideal text for academics and postgraduate students. |
Contents
A problemprocessing perspective on governance | 1 |
a map | 23 |
a problemstructuring approach | 59 |
Cultures of public policy problems | 91 |
Problem types and types of policy politics | 121 |
Problemstructuring dynamics and metagovernance | 145 |
Making policy analysis doable and reflexive | 167 |
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The Governance of Problems: Puzzling, Powering, Participation Robert A. Hoppe No preview available - 2010 |
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action advocacy coalitions agenda approach argument bounded rationality bureaucratic Chapter citizens claims cognitive concept conflict consensus constraints context cultural theory decision define deliberation deliberative democratic discourse dominant Dutch dynamics elites enclavist experts fact-value distinction goals governance of problems gun control harm reduction hierarchist Hisschemöller Hoppe hypercomplex implementation individualist institutional institutionalised interaction interest groups knowledge learning Lindblom M-PDPs means meta-governance meta-theory mobilise moderately structured problems modes Motivaction negotiation normative organisations participatory perspective pluralism policy actors policy analysis policy design policy networks policy politics policy problems policy science policy subsystem policy-making political judgement politicians practice problem definition problem finding problem framing problem processing problem solving problem structuring problem types problematic situation procedures professional proximate policy makers public policy puzzling questions rationality representative democracy responsible role rules scientific scientists society solutions stakeholders strategies style types of policy typology unstructured values Wadden Sea wicked problems