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 …

Now in a thoroughly revised Fifth Edition, An Introduction to the Policy Process provides
students at all levels with an accessible, readable, and affordable introduction to the field of …

" Evidently, the time has come to describe and assess the shift and its effects on policies per
se. And this book does so brilliantly. It takes stock of the relevant literature and also identifies …

The only book to focus on implementing public policy, this state-of-the-art text offers a
comprehensive and lively account of the major insights found in implementation theory and …

As rational choice theory has moved from economics into political science and sociology, it
has been dramatically transformed. The intellectual diffusion of agency theory illustrates this …

Under European competition law the Commission has far-reaching competences. The
article asks about the conditions under which the Commission may use these rights against …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 QUANGOS: TRENDS, CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES Page 3 Taylor
& Francis Taylor & Francis Group http://taylorandfrancis.com Page 4 Quangos: Trends, Causes …

Research on the presidency of the EU shows mixed results. Although most scholars agree
that the EU presidency is not able to advance its domestic interests in the European forum …

This paper examines variation in the timing of compliance with European directives. It
formulates and tests the hypothesis that member states' policy-based incentives to deviate …

This paper develops a theory of policy implementation in a specific category of multilevel
policy-making systems. In state centric policy systems, regulatory agencies can drift away …