Policy Press

Politics and Policy Making in the UK

By Paul Cairney and Sean Kippin

Published

Nov 23, 2023

Page count

440 pages

ISBN

978-1529222357

Dimensions

244 x 170 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Nov 23, 2023

Page count

440 pages

ISBN

978-1529222340

Dimensions

244 x 170 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Nov 23, 2023

Page count

440 pages

ISBN

978-1529222364

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Nov 23, 2023

Page count

440 pages

ISBN

978-1529222364

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press
Politics and Policy Making in the UK

Over the past decade, the UK has experienced major policy and policy making change. This text examines this shifting political and policy landscape while also highlighting the features of UK politics that have endured.

Written by Paul Cairney and Sean Kippin, leading voices in UK public policy and politics, the book combines a focus on policy making theories and concepts with the exploration of key themes and events in UK politics, including:

• developing social policy in a post-pandemic world;

• governing post-Brexit; and

• the centrality of environmental policy.

The book equips students with a robust and up-to-date understanding of UK public policy and enables them to locate this within a broader theoretical framework.

Paul Cairney is Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the University of Stirling.

Sean Kippin is Lecturer of Public Policy at the University of Stirling.

Preface: How To Analyse UK Policy Making

1. Introducing UK Politics and Policy Making

2. Perspectives on Policy and Policy Making

3. Explaining UK Politics and Policy Making

4. The Transformation of the UK State

5. What Does State Transformation Tell Us About the UK Policy Process?

6. Crises and Policy Making: The UK Response to COVID-19

7. Constitutional Policy: Brexit

8. Environmental Policy: Climate Change and Sustainability

9. Economic Policy: Austerity

10. Social Policy: Inequalities, Racism, and Protest

11. Foreign Policy: The War on Terror

12. Conclusion

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