Public policy and private interest: ideas, self-interest and ethics in public policy

1. Introduction -- 2. The legacy of the 'scientific' origins of policy studies -- 3. Subjective approaches -- 4. Policy, ideology and ideas -- 5. Self-interest -- 6. Ethics and public policy -- 7. Policy and power -- 8. Public policy in autocracies -- 9. Liberal democracy -- 10. Networks and the advocacy coalitions framework -- 11. Getting policy on the agenda -- 12. Evaluation and validation -- 13. Refining policy towards legitimation -- 14 Implementation -- 15. Policy evolution -- 16. Success and failure -- 17. Deliberative policy making -- 18. Conclusion.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgement -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- Defining public policy -- The public element in public policy -- The breadth and scope of policy as a concept -- The structure of the book -- 2. The legacy of the 'scientific' origins of Policy Studies -- Simon and bounded rationality -- Muddling through -- Systems theory and the policy process -- Subjective behaviour: the elephant in the room -- Conclusion -- 3. Subjective approaches -- The rational basis of subjective values -- The weasel world of language -- Interpretive understanding -- Subjective classifications -- Classifying output and content -- Conclusion -- 4. Policy, ideology and ideas -- Ideology in the twenty-first century -- The impact of ideology on policy -- Ideological content -- Religious belief -- Conservatism -- Liberalism -- Socialism -- New Liberalism to social democracy -- Rational choice theory -- Partial ideologies -- The limits to ideological explanations of policy decisions -- Conclusion -- 5. Self-interest -- Alienation from the policy process -- Self-interest in policy making -- Office holding or ideological commitment -- The institutional consequences of personal motivation -- Pluralism and the cadre party -- Corruption -- Conclusion -- 6. Ethics and public policy -- The impact of moral considerations on policy content -- Morality derived from religion -- Utilitarianism -- Kantian ethics -- John Rawls and justice as fairness -- Realist politics -- Moral dilemmas and domestic politics -- Self-interest and a fair society -- The environment and morality -- Conclusion -- 7. Policy and power -- The nature of power -- The sources of power -- The state as an instrument of capital and hence power -- Power as a capacity and as a relationship -- Conclusion