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The second edition of this popular textbook combines coverage of public policies in different countries with the conceptual and methodological frameworks for analysing them. This new edition pays particular attention to the international contexts of ideas, interests and institutions in which decision makers operate. In addition, it considers the bilateral, multilateral and transnational aspects of policy-making in today´s interconnected world. This is a core text for introductory modules on undergraduate and postgraduate public policy, public management and public administration programmes. In addition, it will be useful for those courses that take a comparative approach to specific policy areas such as welfare, health and education. With a focus on enabling students to draw their own comparisons, it is the ideal choice for lecturers across the world.

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Introduction.- 1. Why Compare Public Policies?.- 2. How Governments Act: Policy Instruments and Their Use.- 3. Doing Comparative Public Policy.- 4. Interests and Public Policy.- 5. Ideas and Public Policy.- 6. Institutions and Public Policies.- 7. International Influences on Public Policy.- 8. Economic Policy.- 9. Welfare Policy.- 10. Health Policy.- 11. Education Policy.- 12. Environmental Policy.- 13. Conclusion

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Anneliese Dodds is Member of Parliament in the UK House of Commons for the constituency of Oxford East and Honorary Professor in Public Policy at Aston University, UK. Previously, she has worked as Acting Director of the National Institute for Health Research Patient Safety and Service Quality Research Centre at King´s College, London, UK, and as Economic and Social Research Council postgraduate fellow at the London School of Economics, UK.

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