Understanding Public Policy: Theories and Issues, Paperback/Paul Cairney

A major new introduction to theories of public policy. The author provides an accessible assessment of a wide range of theories and models from policy cycles, policy transfer, rational choice and socio-economic explanations to multi-level governance, advocacy coalitions and punctuated equilibrium and of their value to policy analysis. About the Author Paul Cairney is Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Stirling, UK.