Part one: Meta analysis Introduction Public and policy as concepts The development of the policy approach Kinds of policy analysts and policy analysis Varieties of analytical frameworks Analysis and the policy process Models, maps and metaphors Paradigms lost and found: shifts in the focus and frameworks of policy analysis Stages and cycles: mapping the policy process The arrangement of parts two, three and four Part two: Meso analysis Introduction Social problem approaches Public opinion and public policy Theories of agenda control Typologies of policy issues Pluralism, non-decision-making and the third dimension of power Neo-marxist and critical approaches Knowledge and the policy agenda Policies and problems as symbols Networks, streams, advocacy coalitions and punctuated equilibrium Analysing the boundaries Globalization and policy-making: the international parameters Part three: decision analysis Introduction Decision-making: frameworks and disciplinary contexts rationality and decision-making The public choice approach to decision-making Institutional approaches Personality, cognition and information processing in decision-making Policy analysis and public decisions Rational decision-making and the quest for knowledgeable governance Critiques of policy analysis Part four: Delivery analysis Introduction The arrangement of part four Implementation Delivery systems Evaluation Change and continuity in policy-making Promise and performance: evaluating impact and outcomes Conclusion: beyond delivery and towards democratization