Contemporary Approaches to Public Policy

1. Introduction
B. Guy Peters, Philippe Zittoun

2. The Advocacy Coalition Framework: An Approach for the Comparative Analysis of Contentious Policy Issues
Christopher M. Weible, Hank C. Jenkins-Smith

3. Discursive Approaches to Public Policy: Politics, Argumentation, and Deliberation
Anna Durnova, Frank Fischer, Philippe Zittoun

4. Institutionalism and Public Policy
B. Guy Peters

5. Institutions and the Policy Process 2.0: Implications of the IAD Framework
Eduardo Araral, Mulya Amri

6. The Transformation of Ideas: The Origin and Evolution of Punctuated Equilibrium Theory
Rebecca Eissler, Annelise Russell, Bryan D. Jones

7. Behavioral Approaches: How Nudges Lead to More Intelligent Policy Design
Peter John

8. Tools Approaches
Helen Margetts, Christopher Hood

9. Bounded Rationality and Garbage Can Models of Policy-Making
Nikolaos Zahariadis

10. Conclusion: Public Policy Theory and Democracy: The Elephant in the Corner
Helen Ingram, Peter deLeon, Anne Schneider

Nyckelord: Political Science and International Relations, Public Policy, Comparative Politics, Economic Policy