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 …

[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 …

[BOOK][B] Policy problems and policy design

BG Peters - 2018 - books.google.com
Public policy can be considered a design science. It involves identifying relevant problems,
selecting instruments to address the problem, develo** institutions for managing the …

[PDF][PDF] The economic consequences of major tax cuts for the rich

D Hope, J Limberg - Socio-Economic Review, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The last 50 years has seen a dramatic decline in taxes on the rich across the advanced
democracies. There is still fervent debate in both political and academic circles, however …

Public support for 'soft'versus 'hard'public policies: Review of the evidence

S Banerjee, M Savani, G Shreedhar - Journal of Behavioral Public …, 2021 - journal-bpa.org
This article reviews the literature on public support for 'soft'versus 'hard'policy instruments for
behaviour change, and the factors that drive such preferences. Soft policies typically include …

Reforming governance through policy instruments: How and to what extent standards, tests and accountability in education spread worldwide

A Verger, C Fontdevila, L Parcerisa - Discourse: Studies in the …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
In the last decades, most countries have adopted data-intensive policy instruments aimed at
modernizing the governance of education systems, and strengthening their competitiveness …

Procedural policy tools in theory and practice

AS Bali, M Howlett, JM Lewis, M Ramesh - Policy and Society, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Policy tools are a critical part of policy-making, providing the 'means' by which policy 'ends'
are achieved. Knowledge of their different origin, nature and capabilities is vital for …

The Turkish state's responses to existential COVID-19 crisis

C Bakir - Policy and Society, 2020 - academic.oup.com
This article focuses on how the Turkish state has been responding to limit the public health
effects of COVID-19 pandemic to date. It aims to explain and understand the introduction …

Policy instruments at work: A meta‐analysis of their applications

C Acciai, G Capano - Public Administration, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This article uses a systematic review of the main literature in the field to shed light on
different operationalizations of the main classifications of policy instruments. Although the …