This is a list of recommended books on public policy, including introductory textbooks and more advanced texts, including handbooks and books on more specific topics within the field of public policy analysis.
Introductory
textbooks:
Knill, C., &
Tosun, J. (2012). Public policy: A new introduction. Macmillan
International Higher Education.
Howlett, M.,
Ramesh, M., & Perl, A. (2009). Studying public policy: Policy
cycles and policy subsystems (Third Edition). Oxford: Oxford
university press.
John, P. (2013). Analyzing public policy.
Routledge.
Hill, M., &
Varone, F. (2014). The public policy process. Routledge.
Cairney, P.
(2011). Understanding public policy: Theories and issues. Macmillan
International Higher Education.
Howlett, M.
(2019). Designing public policies: Principles and instruments.
Routledge.
Advanced
books:
Goodin, R. E.,
Moran, M., & Rein, M. (2006). The Oxford handbook of public policy (Vol.
6). Oxford Handbooks.
Sabatier, P. A.,
& Weible, C. M. (Eds.). (2014). Theories of the policy process.
Westview Press.
Baumgartner, F.
R., & Jones, B. D. (2015). The politics of information: Problem
definition and the course of public policy in America. University of
Chicago Press.
Jones, B. D.,
& Baumgartner, F. R. (2005). The politics of attention: How
government prioritizes problems. University of Chicago Press.
Writing
for public policy:
Smith, C., &
Pasqualoni, M. (2019). Writing Public Policy: A Practical Guide to
Communicating in the Policy Making Process. Oxford University Press.
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