The seventh edition of this classic handbook on the policy process is fully updated, featuring new material on policy making amid local and global disruption, the contestable nature of modern policy advice, commissioning and contracting, public engagement and policy success and failure.

The Australian Policy Handbook shows how public policy permeates every aspect of our lives. It is the stuff of government, justifying taxes, driving legislation and shaping our social services. Public policy gives us roads, railways and airports, emergency services, justice, education and health services, defence, industry development and natural resource management. While politicians make the decisions, public servants provide analysis and support for those choices. This updated edition includes new visuals and introduces a series of case studies for the first time. These cases—covering family violence, behavioural economics, justice reinvestment, child protection and more—illustrate the personal and professional challenges of policymaking practice. Drawing on their extensive practical and academic experience, the authors outline the processes used in making public policy. They systematically explain the relationships between political decision makers, public service advisers, community participants and those charged with implementation.

The Australian Policy Handbook remains the essential guide for students and practitioners of policy making in Australia.

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Information

Publisher

Routledge

Year

2022

ISBN

9781000810349

Edition

Topic

Politics & International Relations

Subtopic

Global Politics

Index

Politics & International Relations

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
List of case studies
Introduction: Why The Australian Policy Handbook?
1. Why policy matters
2. The institutions of public policy
3. The Australian policy cycle
4. Identifying issues
5. Policy analysis
6. Policy instruments
7. Engagement
8. Coordination
9. Decision
10. Implementation
11. Evaluation
12. Managing the policy process
13. Policy failure and success
Glossary
Appendix I: Principles and guides for policy development
Appendix II: The Uluru Statement from the Heart
References
Index