Studying Public Policy

Part One: Introduction; Part Two: Stability and Change; Introduction; How policies change? Clean air policy in France and Greece ~ Chloe A. Vlassopoulos; When a Solution becomes the Problem: Policy Reversals in Korea and Japan ~ Gyu-Jin Hwang; Stability with Change: Work-Family Balance Policies in Taiwan ~ Pei-Yuen Tsai; Understanding the Political Context of Nuclear Energy Policy Change in Sweden ~ Daniel Nohrstedt; Part Three: Agenda Setting; Introduction; Agenda Setting in a Parliamentary Federation: Universal Medicare in Canada ~ Gregory P. Marchildon; Flood Mitigation Policy in the United States ~ Kristin O'Donovan; Focusing events, priority problems and governance arrangements: Regulatory reforms in health and eldercare sector in Sweden and Japan ~ Naonori Kodate; The evolution of gender equality policy in New Zealand ~ Jennifer Curtin; Part Four: Policy Formulation; Introduction; Canadian Disability Policy Formulation: Social Movement Preferences and Federal Government; Choices of Instrument Design ~ Michael J. Prince; Defining Ecological Restoration Policy in Sweden ~ Anna Zachrisson and Katarina Eckerberg; The role of local actors in water and flood management in France: between policy formulation and policy implementation ~ Corinne Larrue and Marie Fournier; Think tanks and policy networks in English education ~ Sonia Exley; Part Five: Implementation; Introduction; Agency Preferences and Political Conflict: Policy Implementation in the Netherlands ~ Rene Torenvlied; Local histories and local sensemaking: a case of policy implementation in the English National Health Service ~ Anna Coleman, Kath Checkland, and Stephen Harrison; Implementation of the structural development policy of Finnish higher education ~ Turo Virtanen; Part Six: Governance and globalism; Introduction; Minimum unit pricing of alcohol in Scotland ~ Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi and Katherine E Smith; The role of national and international policy actors and influences in crisis times: the case of Ireland ~ Mairead Considine and Fiona Dukelow; Policy responses to climate change in Australia: contestation, complexity and uncertainty ~ Paul Burton; Cross border healthcare in the European Union; EU governance and national responses in healthcare ~ Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen and Nikolay Vasev.