The Pathology of Public Policy

by B. Guy Peters and Brian W. Hogwood

Governments, like people, suffer in various ways when their internal functions go awry. But, unlike medical pathology, there is no recognized system of classification for the malfunctioning of policymaking. Building on the analogy between the human body and the body politic, this intriguing study uses the language of medical pathology to investigate the disorders some governments suffer in making and implementing public policy. Seven categories of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198780109
• ISBN13: 9780198780106
• Release Date: October 1985
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"