Policy Instruments and the Study of Public Policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6237076 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenneth Woodside (University of Guelph, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 775-794 |
| Publication date | 1986-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4239 • E-ISSN: 1744-9324 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0008423900055141 |
| OpenAlex | W2006416717 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 42 |
| References cited | 23 |
One of the most distinctive concepts for the study of public policy in Canada is that of policy or governing instruments. This article describes the origins of this literature, provides an overview of its theoretical claims, and evaluates some of these claims. It is argued, first, that the literature is too directly tied to particular theories of the state and of the policy-making process and that those ties are both unnecessary and constrain the usefulness of the concept of policy instruments. Second, the treatment of coercion as the central feature differentiating policy instruments is questioned and an alternative formulation is proposed
Coercion (linguistics · Economics · Feature (linguistics · Law and economics · Policy analysis · Policy studies · Political science · Positive economics · Process (computing · Public economics · Public policy · State (computer science · Computer Science · Corporate Taxation and Avoidance · Economic and Fiscal Studies · Law · Public Administration · Taxation and Legal Issues
Designing for Policy Effectiveness
Policy Design and Non-Design
L'instrumentation de l'action publique
Policy Instruments and Policy Capacity
Policy evolution in China’s campus football
One hammer for all nails? Testing the autonomy of policy instrument attitudes
Patching vs Packaging in Policy Formulation
The Elements of Effective Program Design
Policy Design and Non-Design
The criteria for effective policy design
Singapore’s policy style
Educating the developmental state
Design Principles for Policy Mixes
Beyond Good and Evil in Policy Implementation
Procedural policy tools in theory and practice
Debate
The Role of Institutions in Policy Design
The Contribution of Comparative Policy Analysis to Policy Design
Informing institutional design
It's Not Easy Being Green
Brownfields, Crime, and Tax Increment Financing
Aviation policy instrument choice in Europe
Predicting Policy Targets through Institutional Structure
Tales From the Crypt
Urban gardening in public space
From the ‘old’ to the ‘new’ policy design
Implementation as a Guide to Policy Formulation
Managing the “hollow state”
Regulating the computer
Behavioral Assumptions of Policy Tools
Substitution and Supplementation Between Co-Functional Policy Instruments
Community as a Policy Instrument
Policy Instruments, Policy Styles, and Policy Implementation
Challenges in applying design thinking to public policy
The twin faces of public sector design
Selecting Policy Instruments
A dialética da opinião pública
Assessing Instrument Mixes through Program- and Agency-Level Data
L'action publique au prisme de ses instruments
Assessing Policy Design and Interpretation
Patterns of Policy Instrument Choice
Editais (CNPq) de pesquisa em agroecologia
Policy analysis in political science.
The symbolic uses of politics
The psychology of taxation
Politics and markets
The Canadian State
Political Control of the Economy
The Politics and Management of Canadian Economic Policy
Public Money in the Private Sector
A Primer on the Economics of Industrial Policy
The Politics of Anticipation
How Ottawa Spends, 1984
The Politics of Canadian Public Policy
Taking the Initiative
Decision Making vs. Policy Making
Macroeconomics and Micropolitics
Tax reform
Regulation and the redistribution of income and wealth
Regulation as Maginot Line
American Business, Public Policy, Case-Studies, and Political Theory
Four Systems of Policy, Politics, and Choice
Rebuilding from within
| Unique citing works | 42 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,11 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2026 (39) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 42 |