The knowns and unknowns of policy instrument analysis: Policy tools and the current research agenda on policy mixes

G Capano, M Howlett - Sage Open, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Policies are made and pursue their goals through policy instruments. Furthermore, policy
instruments have become a relevant topic in many policy fields due to their theoretical and …

Mobilizing policy (in) capacity to fight COVID-19: Understanding variations in state responses

G Capano, M Howlett, DSL Jarvis, M Ramesh… - Policy and …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The objective of this collection of essays is to gain insights into the different national-level
state responses to COVID-19 around the world and the conditions that shaped them. The …

[HTML][HTML] Policy integration and climate change adaptation

R Biesbroek - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Policy integration is a continuous process of adjustment through reflexivity and
learning.•There are key processual and structural reasons why governments pursue …

Policy design and state capacity in the COVID-19 emergency in Italy: if you are not prepared for the (un) expected, you can be only what you already are

G Capano - Policy and Society, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Italy was the first large epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Western world. Since the
country has not had any serious experience with this kind of disease in recent decades, its …

[BOOK][B] Designing public policies: Principles and instruments

M Howlett - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
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 style, consistency and the effectiveness of the policy mix in China's fight against COVID-19

C Mei - Policy and Society, 2020 - academic.oup.com
As the first country stricken by the COVID-19 pandemic, China deployed a policy response
that was chaotic at the start but effective in the end. A complete account to explain China's …

[BOOK][B] Public policy: A new introduction

C Knill, J Tosun - 2020 - books.google.com
A comprehensive introduction to public policy and the policy cycle, the fully revised second
edition of this popular textbook offers a practical guide to the topic while remaining …

Re-thinking the coronavirus pandemic as a policy punctuation: COVID-19 as a path-clearing policy accelerator

J Hogan, M Howlett, M Murphy - Policy and Society, 2022 - academic.oup.com
This article joins with others in this special issue to examine the evolution of our
understanding of how the coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 pandemic impacted policy ideas …

[BOOK][B] Administrative traditions: Understanding the roots of contemporary administrative behavior

BG Peters - 2021 - books.google.com
Contemporary public administration reflects its historical roots, as well as contemporary
ideas about how the public bureaucracy should be organized and function. This book …

Long-term policy impacts of the coronavirus: Normalization, adaptation, and acceleration in the post-COVID state

G Capano, M Howlett, DSL Jarvis… - Policy and Society, 2022 - academic.oup.com
This paper offers an analysis of the theoretical and empirical challenges the coronavirus
pandemic poses for theories of policy change. Critical events like coronavirus disease are …