The Future of the Policy Sciences

Anis B. Brik, Leslie A. Pal (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2021
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80037-647-2 (ISBN)

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This forward-thinking book examines the future of public policy as a discipline, both as it is taught and as it is practiced. Critically assessing the limits of current theories and approaches, leading scholars in the field highlight new models and perspectives.

Chapters present data on what is taught in policy schools, using survey results from schools of public policy to assess pedagogical scope and adequacy. The book also considers policy work in government, and whether theory matches practice. Reflecting on the future of policy making, policy advice, implementation and governance in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, it analyses how policy issues are now framed and debated, the range of available tools, and how public compliance and popular support have been eroded by the crisis.

This book will be an essential guide to re-thinking the field of public policy and its theories, methods, and applications. It will help teachers, students, public managers and policy-makers navigate the new, turbulent governance landscape that lies ahead.

Edited by Anis Ben Brik, Associate Professor and Leslie A. Pal, Professor and Dean, College of Public Policy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar

Contents:

Preface x
1 Introduction: futures, now and then 1
Anis Ben Brik and Leslie A. Pal
2 Embracing the future of the policy sciences: big data in pedagogy and practice 9
Nihit Goyal, Ola G. El-Taliawi and Michael Howlett
3 Neo-professionalization of the civil service: an institutional perspective
on policy studies education 28
Kris Hartley and Norainie Ahmad
4 Policy science beyond self-congratulatory virtue signalling: matching
supply and demand in the scholarship, pedagogy and purpose of the
policy enterprise 51
Michael Howlett and Darryl S. L. Jarvis
5 Public policy education in the non-Western world: changing context
and content 70
Sreeja Nair, Ola G. El-Taliawi and Zeger Van der Wal
6 Disaster risk reduction and the development narrative: towards a new
public policy epistemic 85
Glen Kuecker and Kris Hartley
7 Policy practices: a bridge between policy theory and empirical research 103
Arnošt Veselý
8 Policy expertise and policy markets: challenges for tackling complex
problems in turbulent times 121
Brian W. Head
9 Back to the future: learning from the evolution of global sustainability
governance 140
Andreas Rechkemmer
10 What is a policy scholar for? 163
Claire A. Dunlop and Claudio M. Radaelli
Conclusion. Future tense: a new grammar for the policy sciences? 180
Leslie A. Pal and Anis Ben Brik

Index 204

Erscheinungsdatum	18.06.2021
Reihe/Serie	New Horizons in Public Policy series
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	169 x 244 mm
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-80037-647-2 / 1800376472
ISBN-13	978-1-80037-647-2 / 9781800376472
Zustand	Neuware