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Public policy is an area of increasing study. Of concern in this presentation is the consensus-building feature of policymaking in the United States. The role of government in following the procedures established to achieve consensus and the importance of citizen participation in this open process cannot be under-estimated. The five central features of American consensus building are separation of powers, multiple levels of government, citizen participation, policymaker accountability, and individual freedoms. These features frame the efforts of those who shape the public policies that determine the ways laws are made and enforced and public funds are spent.

El libro Analyzing Public Policy de Peter John es tal vez el primer libro de texto, eminentemente teórico, en alcanzar ese cometido, ubicándose unos pasos más adelante de los textos básicos tradicionales, pues logra dar cuenta del avance teórico de la ciencia política orientado a explicar las políticas públicas, y lo pone en discusión con los enfoques sintéticos desarrollados al interior del campo de las políticas públicas.

The articles presented in this supplemental issue mark the 10th edition of the Policy Studies Journal's Public Policy Yearbook. This issue includes three retrospective review articles summarizing recent developments in public policy research across the following focus areas: public opinion, policy learning and international relations.

How can individuals best be encouraged to take more responsibility for their well-being and their environment or to behave more ethically in their business transactions? Across the world, governments are showing a growing interest in using behavioural economic research to inform the design of nudges which, some suggest, might encourage citizens to adopt beneficial patterns of behaviour. In this fascinating collection, leading academic economists, psychologists and philosophers reflect on how behavioural economic findings can be used to help inform the design of policy initiatives in the areas of health, education, the environment, personal finances and worker remuneration. Each chapter is accompanied by a shorter 'response' that provides critical commentary and an alternative perspective. This accessible book will interest academic researchers, graduate students and policy-makers across a range of disciplinary perspectives

MAKING PUBLIC POLICY


Mark Considine
Polity Press, 2005, 262 pp., £15.99 (pb) ISBN: 0745627544