Learning Policy, Doing Policy : Interactions Between Public Policy Theory, Practice and Teaching.

By: Ayres, RussellContributor(s): Head, Brian | Mercer, Trish | Wanna, JohnMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) SeriesPublisher: Canberra : ANU Press, 2021Copyright date: �2021Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (352 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781760464219Subject(s): Policy sciences--Australia | Policy sciences | Political planning--AustraliaGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Learning Policy, Doing PolicyLOC classification: JF1525.P6Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Abbreviations -- Contributors -- Part 1. Theorising, teaching and learning about policymaking -- 1. Public policy theory, practice and teaching: Investigating the interactions -- 2. A quixotic quest? Making theory speak to practice -- 3. What can policy theory offer busy practitioners? Investigating the Australian experience -- 4. Delivering public policy programs to senior executives in government-the Australia and New Zealand School of Government 2002-18 -- 5. How do policy professionals in New Zealand use academic research in their work? -- 6. The dilemmas of managing parliament: Promoting awareness of public management theories to parliamentary administrators -- Part 2. Putting policymaking theory into practice -- 7. Public policy processes in Australia: Reflections from experience -- 8. Using the policy cycle: Practice into theory and back again -- 9. Succeeding and failing in crafting environment policy: Can public policy theories help? -- 10. Understanding the policymaking enterprise: Foucault among the bureaucrats -- 11. The practical realities of policy on the run: A practitioner's response to academic policy frameworks -- 12. Documenting the link between policy theory and practice in a government department: A map of sea without any land -- Part 3. How can theory better inform practice and vice versa? -- 13. Taking lessons from policy theory into practice -- 14. Synthesising models, theories and frameworks for public policy: Implications for the future -- 15. Public policy theory, practice and skills: Advancing the debate.
Summary: When it comes to policymaking, public servants have traditionally learned 'on the job', with practical experience and tacit knowledge valued over theory-based learning and academic analysis. Yet increasing numbers of public servants are undertaking policy training through postgraduate qualifications and/or through short courses in policy training.
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Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Abbreviations -- Contributors -- Part 1. Theorising, teaching and learning about policymaking -- 1. Public policy theory, practice and teaching: Investigating the interactions -- 2. A quixotic quest? Making theory speak to practice -- 3. What can policy theory offer busy practitioners? Investigating the Australian experience -- 4. Delivering public policy programs to senior executives in government-the Australia and New Zealand School of Government 2002-18 -- 5. How do policy professionals in New Zealand use academic research in their work? -- 6. The dilemmas of managing parliament: Promoting awareness of public management theories to parliamentary administrators -- Part 2. Putting policymaking theory into practice -- 7. Public policy processes in Australia: Reflections from experience -- 8. Using the policy cycle: Practice into theory and back again -- 9. Succeeding and failing in crafting environment policy: Can public policy theories help? -- 10. Understanding the policymaking enterprise: Foucault among the bureaucrats -- 11. The practical realities of policy on the run: A practitioner's response to academic policy frameworks -- 12. Documenting the link between policy theory and practice in a government department: A map of sea without any land -- Part 3. How can theory better inform practice and vice versa? -- 13. Taking lessons from policy theory into practice -- 14. Synthesising models, theories and frameworks for public policy: Implications for the future -- 15. Public policy theory, practice and skills: Advancing the debate.

When it comes to policymaking, public servants have traditionally learned 'on the job', with practical experience and tacit knowledge valued over theory-based learning and academic analysis. Yet increasing numbers of public servants are undertaking policy training through postgraduate qualifications and/or through short courses in policy training.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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