The Routledge Handbook of Policy Tools

The Routledge Handbook of Policy Tools provides a comprehensive overview of policy-making tools from leading experts, covering new and established tools, such as regulation, public enterprises, subsidies, information campaigns, social impact investing, nudges, crowdsourcing, co-production, and digital governance. It consists of nine sections with overviews of key research and concepts, discussions of how different tools can be combined, and a concluding section on future research directions.

Format: Hardback
Length: 598 pages
Publication date: 05 August 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive handbook offers a unique, systematic, and comprehensive overview from esteemed experts in the field of policy-making tools across all phases of the policy process. It delves into the fundamentals of both new and established policy tools, encompassing a wide range of approaches, from regulation and public enterprises to subsidies and information campaigns. Additionally, the handbook explores emerging tools such as social impact investing, nudges, crowdsourcing, co-production, and new digital governance and data analysis techniques.

The book is organized into nine sections, each corresponding to a major research emphasis in studies on policy tools across the policy cycle. These sections are further divided into five subsections, aligning with the specific stages of the policy cycle: agenda-setting, formulation, decision-making, implementation, and evaluation. Each subsection provides overviews of key research and concepts, discusses how different types of tools can be effectively combined in simple or complex policy portfolios or mixes, and concludes with a section on future research directions.

By consolidating the state of knowledge and bringing together classic foundational material with recent advancements in theory and practice, this handbook serves as a defining volume in the field. It is an invaluable resource for scholars, students, researchers, practitioners of public policy, public administration, and public management, as well as those interested in comparative politics and government, public organizations, and the application of policy tools and instruments in various policy areas, ranging from climate change to public health.

Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367757748