The government of Scotland: public policy making after devolution

The making and implementation of public policy is a critical challenge to Scotland’s new system of government. This book offers a comprehensive account of the policy process in contemporary Scotland, providing a review of theories ofpolicy-making, identifying key actors, institutions and patterns of policy making, and comparing this to England and other devolved territories. The secondedition has been fully updated and includes case studies of policy making in health, higher education, housing, criminal justice, social inclusion and economic development. There is an analysis of financial planning and decision making, and an examination of Scotland’s role in UK and European policy networks.

• ISBN: 978-0-7486-3849-9
• Editorial: Edinburgh University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés