Policy Styles in Western Europe 1st Edition by Jeremy Richardson ISBN 0415641314 9780415641319

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ISBN 10: 0415641314 
ISBN 13: 9780415641319
Author: Jeremy Richardson

First published in 1982, Policy Styles in Western Europe considers the growth of the modern state in the 1980s and examines the implications of this for the making and implementation of public policy decisions. It argues that the business of government was simply easier in the 1970s and that the growth of the modern state has meant an expansion of public policies, with the state widening in areas of societal activity. This book looks at the similarities and differences that exist among the countries of Western Europe. Whilst it is increasingly clear that most policy problems arise from areas of concern common to all Western democracies, for example, unemployment, inflation and crime, this book focuses on whether or not individual countries exhibit characteristic policy styles in response to them. In this volume, the country-studies consider the main characteristics of the individual policy processes in relation to a simple typology of political styles. Each author considers a series of central questions: the relationship between the government and other actors in the policy process; the degree to which policy-making has become sectorised and segmented; and the broad approach to problem solving in terms of anticipatory or reactive styles.

Policy Styles in Western Europe 1st Table of contents:

1 The Concept of Policy Style
Introduction
Difficulties in Identifying Policy Style
Overcrowding and Unconventional Participation
Overcrowding
Unconventional Participation
Sectorisation and Bureaucratisation as Trends
A Simple Basic Typology of Policy Styles
References: Chapter 1
2 West Germany: The Search for a Rationalist Consensus
Introduction
Nuclear Energy Policy: The Limits of Political Activism
The Politics of Status Preservation: The Case of Health Policy
Economic and Industrial Policy Sectors: The Search for Concertation
Rationality in the West German Policy Process
Conclusion
References: Chapter 2
3 Norway: Still Peaceful Coexistence and Revolution in Slow Motion?
Introduction
Policy Styles: Causes and Motives
Cleavages and Politically Organised Groups
Cleavages
Politically Organised Resources
Political Institutions and Routine Policy-Making
Selectivity
Arena Interaction
Irregular Policy-making: Mobilisation and Confrontation
The Alta Case
Political Effectiveness
Design or Development
Ejection
Co-optation of Groups
Co-Optation of Causes
The Limits of Co-optation
Notes: Chapter 3
References: Chapter 3
4 The British Policy Style or the Logic of Negotiation?
Introduction
Bureaucratic Accommodation: The British Style
Sectorisation
Clientelism
Consultation/Negotiation
The Institutionalisation and Regularisation of Compromise
The Development of Exchange Relationships
Trends within the ‘Policy Community’ Pattern
Tripartism
Internalised Policy-Making
External Disorder
Other Styles and Issues
Bureaucratic Accommodation and Parliamentary Democracy
Attempts to Implement Alternative Policy Styles
References: Chapter 4
5 Mobilising Private Interests in the Service of Public Ambitions: The Salient Element in the Dual French Policy Style?
Introduction
The French Style of Authority
The Actors in the French Policy Process
A Case Study: The Rhine-Rhône Waterway
Inconclusive conclusion
References: Chapter 5
6 Sweden in the 1970s: Police-Making Becomes More Difficult
Introduction
A New Economic and Social Situation
Changes at the Parliamentary Level
The Growth of Bureaucracy and Increased Sectorisation
Corporatism
Decentralisation
Monitoring Society and the Supply of Knowledge
The Policy Agenda
Conclusion: The Policy-Makers
References: Chapter 6
7 Policy Styles in the Netherlands: Negotiation and Conflict
Introduction
The Constitutional Norms
Political Culture
Trends
Changes in Policy Styles of the Political Parties
Constitutional Innovations in the 1970s
The Formation of the Cabinet in 1977
Abortion Law Reform
Sectorisation and Integration
Trends
Sectorisation within Parliament
The Officials
Different Policy Styles
The Selective Investment Lam
Regulation of Government Contributions to Local Educational Projects for Adults
Central Co-Ordination
Conclusion
References: Chapter 7
8 Convergent Policy Styles in Europe?
The Value of Policy Style as a Concept
Some Common Trends in the Policy Process
Overloaded and Bankrupt Government or a Period of Adjustment to a New Game?
References: Chapter 8

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