In this work, selected extracts reflect a more European outlook on the processes of policy-making and implementation. The book covers rationality/incrementation debate, the role of organizational theory in policy implementation, street-level bureaucracy and discretion.

POLICY AND POLICY ANALYSIS Introduction. Perspectives on Policy Analysis - Ian Gordon, Janet Lewis, and Ken Young Theory and Practice in Public Policy and Administration - Martin Minogue Policy Analysis: Models and Approaches - Bill Jenkins THE ROLE OF THE STATE Introduction Three Distinctive Views of Power Compared - Steven Lukes The Evolution of Pluralist Theory - Gregor McLennan The Evolution of Marxist Approaches to State Organization - Patrick Dunleavy and Brendan O'Leary Bringing the State Back In - Theda Skocpol BUREAUCRACY AND THE STATE Introduction Rational-Legal Authority and Bureaucracy - Max Weber The Economic Theory of Bureaucracy - Gordon Tullock Efficiency Rules, OK? Weber and the Economic Enterprise Alternatives - Stewart Clegg Explaining the Privatization Boom: Public Choice versus Radical Approaches - Patrick Dunleavy APPLYING POLICY-MAKING THEORIES Introduction Master of Fate or Victim of Circumstance: The Exercise of Corporate Power in Environmental Policy-Making - Andrew Blowers Power in Health Services - Chris Ham THE DEBATE ABOUT RATIONALITY AND INCREMENTALISM Introduction The Artificial Debate Between Rationalist and Incrementalist Models of Decision Making - Gilbert Smith and David May Political Rationality or Incrementalism - Robert Gregory IMPLEMENTATION Introduction Why 'Perfect Implementation' is Unattainable - Brian Hogwood and Lewis Gunn Implementation Structures: A New Unit of Administrative Analysis - Benny Hjern and David O. Porter Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches to Implementation Research - Paul A. Sabatier APPLICATIONS OF THE STUDY OF ORGANISATIONS TO THE STUDY OF THE POLICY PROCESS Introduction The Development of Management Thought - Chris Pollitt Organizational Models of Social Program Implementation - Richard E. Elmore Structure and Action as Constructs in the Practice of Public Administration - Pieter Degeling and Hal Colebatch Collaboration in Social Welfare: A Framework for Analysis - Bob Hudson THE INFLUENCE OF FRONT-LINE STAFF: STREET-LEVEL BUREAUCRACY, PROFESSIONALISM AND DISCRETION Introduction Street-Level Bureaucracy: An Introduction - Michael Lipsky Michael Lipsky and Street Level Bureaucracy: A Neglected Perspective - Bob Hudson Discretion and Power - Michael Adler and Stewart Asquith The Exercise of Discretion in the National Assistance Board - Michael Hill