A roadmap for 'new policy design'studies now exists in the orientation which has emerged in
recent years towards the formulation of complex policy mixes. The new design orientation …

Effectiveness has been understood at three levels of analysis in the scholarly study of policy
design. The first is at the systemic level indicating what entails effective formulation …

This book builds an essential bridge between climate change and social policy. Combining
ethics and human need theory with political economy and climate science, it offers a long …

The second edition of this highly regarded book provides a concise and accessible
introduction to the principles and elements of policy design in contemporary governance. It …

Policy design as a field of inquiry in policy studies has had a chequered history. After a
promising beginning in the 1970s and 1980s, the field languished in the 1990s and 2000s …

Politics and the Environment has established itself as one of the most comprehensive
textbooks in this area. This new edition has been completely revised and updated whilst …

Policies increasingly come in complex packages and understanding the nature of design
criteria for such portfolios is increasingly important. However, existing studies of policy mixes …

The field of policy studies has always been interested in analyzing and improving the sets of
policy tools adopted by governments to correct policy problems, and better understanding …

The concept boundary organization has been introduced to identify and explain a specific
way of organizing the interface between science and policy. Although the original meaning …

Comparative policy studies face a number of methodological challenges where
conceptualization of the object of comparison—policy output—is the most fundamental. On …