Drawing on more than 40 years of experience with policy analysis, best-selling authors
Eugene Bardach and Eric M. Patashnik use practical tips and real-world examples to equip …

In the third edition of his award-winning book, Hal G. Rainey provides a comprehensive, up-
to-date analysis of research on public organizations and management. Drawing on a review …

The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) is one of India's key policy and
scientific experiments. The programme is audacious in its goal, deterministic in its approach …

Policy feedback is a widely used concept, but many who use it only focus on the positive
and/or unintentional feedback effects of certain types of policy. The literature as a whole is …

Following the landmark Paris agreement, policy makers are under pressure to adopt policies
that rapidly deliver deep, society-wide decarbonisation. Deep decarbonisation requires …

Measuring the Performance of the Hollow State is the first in-depth look at the influence of
performance measurement on the effectiveness of the federal government. To do this, the …

Abstract'Market failure'is a term widely used by politicians, journalists and university and A-
level economics teacher and students. However, those who use the term often lack any …

Water policy seems in perpetual crisis. Increasingly, conflicts extend beyond the statutory
authority, competence, geographical jurisdictions, and political constituencies of highly …

The prevailing political science wisdom is that narrow interests regularly triumph over the
general public. Yet the stunning passage of broad‐based policy reforms in the face of …

This article discusses the politics of policy evaluation and approaches this in two ways, each
with its own shortcomings and crucial strengths. The first approach looks at the roles and …