Policy formulation redesigned: A new understanding of policy design and its implications for instruction

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F20%3A10416358" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/20:10416358 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=vu25Qt9F2b" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=vu25Qt9F2b</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0144739420901729" target="_blank" >10.1177/0144739420901729</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Policy formulation redesigned: A new understanding of policy design and its implications for instruction

Original language description

Despite the fact that our knowledge on how policies are designed has substantially improved during the last two decades, prescriptive literature on policy formulation remains largely disconnected from these new findings. The article examines five major assumptions upon which policy formulation is still predominantly based: (a) there is one way policies are and should be formulated; (b) effective formulation of policies is more about the right application of methods than of the substance of a policy domain; (c) policy formulation is about choosing from mutually exclusive alternatives; (d) problem definition has priority over problem solution; (e) there is a clear distinction between policy formulation, adoption and implementation. This article shows why these assumptions are outdated and that they lead to many practical problems in the teaching of policy analysis. It is argued that policy formulation guidelines and training in policy formulation should be based on current policy design scholarship that stresses, for instance, the importance of local knowledge, deep understanding of actors&apos; perspectives and the need to formulate policy packages. The article concludes with preliminary recommendations on how to move forward, illustrated with concrete examples from practice.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50602 - Public administration

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA19-02986S" target="_blank" >GA19-02986S: Individual and contextual predictors of policy instruments attitudes</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Teaching Public Administration

ISSN

0144-7394

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

38

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

20

Pages from-to

213-232

UT code for WoS article

000510411100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85078896977