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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1 Theoretical Traditions, Concepts and Ideas -- 1 Rationality, individuality and public choice -- Introduction -- Liberalism, democracy and public policy -- Rational choice and public policy -- The role of government and policy drivers -- Stability and institutions -- Public choice theory and the role of the bureaucracy -- Limitations, problems and challenges -- Case study: Climate change and the carbon tax -- 2 Ideology, power and public policy -- Introduction -- Ideology -- Ideology and legitimacy -- Power and policy -- Case study: Indigenous Economic Participation National Partnership (IEPNP) -- 3 Pluralism, corporatism, and public policy -- Introduction -- Pluralism: an ideal type -- The corporatist ideal -- Corporatism and pluralism -- Case study: Corporatism in Australia -- 4 The Policy sciences -- Introduction -- Science, policy and politics -- A paradoxical science -- Lasswellian analytical tools -- Case study: Australia's multicultural policy (2011) -- Part 2 Policy in Process -- 5 Problem definition and agenda setting -- Introduction -- Defining public problems -- Strategies and techniques -- Defining complex problems -- The policy agenda -- Agenda-setting models -- Case study: Border protection, asylum seekers and refugees in Australia -- 6 Policy analysis and policy instruments -- Introduction -- Policy actors and policy analysis -- Rational action and contingent factors -- Addressing policy problems -- Policy tools and policy instruments -- Case study: The politics of water -- 7 Consultation and decision-making -- Introduction -- Decision-making models -- Decision-making models: limitations and assumptions -- Decision-making: context and conditions -- Decision-making in practice: styles and strategies -- Non-decision-making strategies.