Policy as Practice

Making Sense of Governing

By: H.K. Colebatch (Editor), Calista Castles (Editor)

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Paperback | 30 October 2023 | Edition Number 1

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Colebatch, Castles and a collection of policy practitioners and scholars investigate the process of policy making through a range of current policy issues in Australia.

With case studies including childcare, educational policies, mental health, and environmental policies, the expertise and experience of policy practitioners and academic observers offer an empirical understanding of what makes for policy work in practice. From problematising to participating, structuring to judging, the authors reflect on the significance of the practices of governing in relation to current policy issues in Australia. They also present a robust conceptual framework for making sense of how we are governed to draw meaningful inferences about policy as a practice.

A practical guide for students and practitioners of policymaking, which goes beyond the policy cycle model to look at how real policies are really made and how they really work.

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"Policy as Practice brings fresh perspectives to the complexity of making and implementing policy. Stressing the importance of problem identification and framing, it moves beyond didactic instrumental management as the fundamental tool of the policy enterprise." -- Adam Graycar, Professor of Public Policy, University of Adelaide, Australia

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