Scientific literature/Ғылыми әдебиет/Научная литература
Summary
To understand public policy decisions, it is imperative to understand the capacities of the individual actors who are making them, how they think and feel about their role, and what drives and motivates them. However, the current literature takes little account of this, preferring instead to frame the decisions as the outcomes of a rational search for value-maximising alternatives or the result of systematic and well-ordered institutional and organisational processes. Yet understanding how personal and emotional factors interact with broader institutional and organisational influences to shape
Contents
1 Making public policy decisions -- 2 Not only what, but how: the role of expertise in developing public sector leadership -- 3 How governments think: skills, expertise, and experience in public policy making -- 4 A matter of personality? Stability and change in EU leaders' beliefs during the Euro crisis -- 5 The impact of expertise on crisis management -- 6 Performing a 'collaborative self' -- 7 Decision making at the front line: exploring coping with moral conflicts during public service delivery 8 Policy entrepreneurs, creative teamwork, and policy change9 Prime ministers' chiefs of staff: coping with wild treachery and weirdness -- 10 Leadership of reforming governments: the role of political tandems -- Index
