| Title: | Public Policy : Formulation Inplementation & Evaluatuion |
| Authors: | Rk Sapru, Author ; Y Sapru, Author |
| Material Type: | printed text |
| Publisher: | New Delhi, India : Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2023 |
| ISBN (or other code): | 978-93-86245-41-0 |
| Size: | viii, 232 p. |
| Languages: | English |
| Class number: | 320.6 |
| Abstract: | About the Book: Public Policy: Formulation Implementation Evaluation This book has been revised and new area which has yet to acquire an independent status in the realm of social sciences. Available literature seems to support the impression that the focus of the attention of public administration or political science has never really been policies themselves. There exists a gap between the academic approaches to the study of institutional arrangements and the content of public policy. Dr. R.K. Sapru is a product of the Punjab University which awarded him Masters Degree in Political Science(1970). Public Administration (1972), English (1976) and subsequently docrate in Administration in 1983. He Headed |
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Table of Contents
Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the First Edition 1 Public Policy: Theoretical Perspectives • Introduction • Ideas of public and policy policy • Scope and types of public policy • Basic concepts and variants of public Policy • Institutional development for policy- making • Development of the policy approach • Significance and reasons for the study of public policy • Conclusion 2 Policy Sciences: A Review • Introduction • Lasswell and the idea of policy sciences • Progression of policy sciences during 1970s and 1980s • Policy sciences in 1990s and emerging crisis • Nature and utility of policy sciences • Basic assumptions of policy sciences • Criticism • Conclusion 3 Policy Analysis: Process and Framework • Introduction • Meaning and nature of policy analysis • Deliberative policy analysis • Policy analysis process and elements • Putting analysis to work Criticism of rational policy analysis • Conclusion 4 Models for Policy Analysis: Irrational Paradigms • Introduction Systems model of policy-making • Institutionalist and neo- institutionalist models of policy analysis • Elitist model of policy process. • Group theory: Policy as group political activity • Groupthink theory • Conclusion 5 Rationalist Model for Policy-making and Public Choice Theory • Introduction • Constraints to rationality • Policy choice theory • Criticism and Conclusion of policy choice theory 6 Critical Policy Rationalists • Introduction • Simon's rationality model • Lindblom's incremental model • Dror's normative-optimum model • Etzioni's mixed scanning approach. • Garbage can and organized anarchy models • Political process approach. • Conclusion 7 Forces in the Policy-making Process • Introduction. • The individual citizen • Electorate power Policy agenda-building • Influence of the media • Interest and pressure groups • Political parties • Conclusion 8 Official Policy-makers: Role and Reality • Introduction • Legislature • Executive power and role • Bureaucracy and civil service • Judiciary • Conclusion 9 Policy-making Architecture in India • Introduction • Constitutional framework • The policy process Policy-making in India • Conclusion 10 Public Policy and Intergovernmental Relations • Introduction • Policy and administrative issues of IGR • Policy-making structures and processes (India) • Role of regulatory federalism • Conditions for effective intergovernmental relations • Conclusion 11 Policy Implementation: Requirements and Modes • Introduction, • Elements and requirements for implementation • Implementation agents and modes Implementation techniques • Conditions for successful implementation. • Conclusion 12 Approaches to Policy Implementation • Introduction • Top-down approaches to implementation • Bottom-up approaches to implementation • Characteristics of top-down and bottom-up approaches • Implementation in relation to policy type • Interorganisational interaction approaches • Hybrid approaches and search for synthesis • Policy networks approach • Conclusion 13 Policy Evaluation: Assessing Performance • Introduction • Functions and purposes of evaluation • Criteria for evaluation. • Policy evaluation agencies Types of policy evaluation • Programme evaluation • Issues of acceptability of evaluation results • Framework for policy evaluation • Problems in policy evaluation • Conclusion 14 Evaluation: Approaches, Techniques, Impact • Introduction • Approaches to evaluation • Evaluating policy programmes • Performance appraisal of personnel Impact assessment • Conclusion 15 Globalisation of National Policy-making • Introduction International agencies for policy-making • Impact of global events on national policy agenda • Policy issues on the global agenda • Conclusion 16 National Youth Policy: Imperatives for Youth Development in India • Introduction • Objectives of NYP • Youth welfare programmes and related issues • Priority areas for youth requiring policy interventions • Indicators for measuring success of NYP • Biennial status of the youth report • A critical appraisal of NYP • Conclusion 17 National Health Policy: Development, Objectives and Analysis • Introduction • Health care development since India's independence. • Primary and community health centres as health care components Health for all by 2000 AD • National Health Policy 1983 • National Health Policy 2002 • National Health Policy 2017 • Criticism of the NHP 2017 • Conclusion |
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