Public Policy Research in the Global South. A Cross-Country Perspective

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 2019
ISBN: 9783030060619 (online) // 9783030060602 (print)
291 Seiten
83,29 EUR (E-Book) // 106,99 EUR (Print)

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• Focuses on the evolution of public policy-making

• Offers case studies on countries of the Global South
• Illustrates the development of public policy research

This volume focuses on the evolution of public policy and the role of agenda setting with regard to policymaking in countries of the Global South. The authors illustrate the emergence  of public policy research as an academic discipline, and highlight various aspects of history, governance, politics, and economics as components of public policy theory development. By offering a cross-national perspective, the papers contribute to abetter understanding of when, how, and by whom a given policy agenda is designed, which is essential to grasping how policy is implemented. In turn, the authors investigate how the development of public policy research has influenced policymaking in fields such as democratization, migration, corruption, agriculture, environment, education, and entrepreneurship and, more specifically, agenda setting in selected countries of the Global South.