This book is an English version of a successful textbook on public policy analysis originally written for policy practitioners in Switzerland and France. It presents a model for the analysis of public policy and includes examples of its application in everyday political-administrative situations. This English version introduces supplementary illustrations and examples from the United Kingdom. Structured and written accessibly for readers who may not have an academic background in the social sciences, "Public Policy Analysis" applies key ideas from sociology, political science, administrative science and law to develop an analytical framework that can be used to carry out empirical studies on different public policies. British scholars, practitioners and students are introduced all too rarely to ideas from the Francophone world, and this book will contribute to remedying that. It will be particularly relevant for students and practitioners of public administration.

本书是一本成功的公共政策分析教科书的英文版本，最初是为瑞士和法国的政策从业人员编写的。它提出了一个公共政策分析的模型，并包括在日常政治-行政情况下的应用实例。这个英文版本引入了英国的补充插图和例子。公共政策分析》的结构和写法对那些可能没有社会科学学术背景的读者来说很容易理解，它应用了社会学、政治学、行政学和法律的主要观点，建立了一个分析框架，可以用来对不同的公共政策进行实证研究。英国学者、从业人员和学生很少接触到来自法语国家的思想，而本书将有助于弥补这一缺陷。本书对公共管理专业的学生和从业人员尤其重要。