Policy Paradigms in Theory and Practice ― Discourses, Ideas and Anomalies in Public Policy Dynamics

The contributors investigate policy paradigms and their ability to explain the policy process – actors, ideas, discourses and strategies employed – to provide readers with a better understanding of public policy and its dynamics. Drawing together leading researchers in the field, this edited collection offers a unique insight into a selection of policy paradigms, investigating their significance for public policy, policy making and policy change, in both theory and practice. The contributions open up new avenues of research on policy dynamics while re-evaluating the accuracy and effectiveness of existing policy orthodoxy.

John Hogan is Lecturer of Political Economy and Irish Politics in the College of Business, Dublin Institution of Technology, Ireland. His research has been published in international journals and he has presented his findings at various international conferences.

Michael Howlett is Burnaby Mountain Chair in the Department of Political Science at Simon Fraser University, Canada, and Yong Pung How Chair Professor in the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. He specializes in public policy analysis, political economy, and resource and environmental policy. Howlett is the author of Canadian Public Policy (2013) and Designing Public Policies (2011), editor of the Annual Review of Policy Design and Policy Sciences, and co-editor of the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis and of Policy & Society.