This open access focuses on the micro-dimension of policy design, this book puts forward a new framework to enable policymakers to design better policies

Abstract. This article presents a systematic review of how the relationship between crisis and policy change is conceptualized, operationalized, and analyz

by Giliberto Capano, Alice Cavalieri, & Andrea Pritoni Public policy and public administration research has focused on conceptualizing bureaucrats as pivotal actors in the policymaking process.…

Theories of the policy process understand the dynamics of policymaking as the result of the interaction of structural and agency variables. While these theories tend to conceptualize structural variab...

Annual Review of Policy Design

Despite the growing interest in the policy work and analytical capacities of bureaucracies, these dimensions have not been treated as central to characterizing and understanding the role of senior ci...

Studying how public administrations proactively search for information from interest groups provides a new perspective for a better understanding of how bureaucratic policymaking works and how civi...