Hybrid Public Policy Innovations: Contemporary Policy Beyond Ideology

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Political discourse in much of the world remains mired in simplistic ideological dichotomies of market fundamentalism for efficiency versus substantial socialism for equity. Contemporary public policy design is far more sophisticated. It blends market, government and community tools to simultaneously achieve both equity and efficiency. Unlike in the twentieth century, this design is increasingly grounded in a deep evidence base derived by way of rigorous empirical techniques. A new paradigm is emerging: hybrid policies. This volume provides a thorough introduction to this technical side of public policy analysis and development. It demonstrates that it is possible to go beyond ideology, and find there some powerful answers to our most pressing problems. An international team of experts, many of whom have experience with the design or implementation of hybrid policies, helps cover the behavioural, institutional and regulatory theories that inform the choice of policy objectives and lead the initial conception of solutions. They explain the reasons why we need evidence-based public policy and the state-of-the-art empirical techniques involved in its development. And they analyse a range of in-depth case studies from industrial relations to health care to illustrate how hybrids can intermingle the strengths of governments, markets and the community to combat the weaknesses of each and arrive at bipartisan outcomes. Hybrid Public Policy Innovations is geared to scholars and practitioners of public policy administration and management who desire to understand the analytical reasons why policies are designed the way they are, and the purpose of evidence-gathering frameworks attached to policies at implementation. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Notes on Contributors Preface Part I: Theory 1 The Ends and Means of Public Policy 2 Behavioural Theories and Public Policy 3 Institutions Matter: An Introduction to the Role of Institutions in Public Policy 4 Regulatory Theories and Frameworks Part II: Evidence 5 Why Do We Need Evidence-Based Public Policy? 6 Making Facts and Telling Furphies with Economic Modelling: Cost–Benefit Analysis in the Post-Truth Era 7 Policy Experimentation and Impact Evaluation: The Case of a Student Voucher System in New Zealand Part III: Case Studies 8 HECS: A Hybrid Model for Higher-Education Financing 9 Revisiting Danish Flexicurity After a Decade of Reform: Does the Labour Market Still Work for Everyone? 10 Building an Adequate but Sustainable Retirement Incomes System 11 Massaging the Market with Industrial Policy: Lessons from FYR Macedonia and Malaysia 12 Government–Market Mixes for Health Care 13 Balancing Efficiency and Equity in the Tax and Transfer System Part IV: Extensions to the Core Themes 14 Inclusive Growth: Hybrid Policies into the Future 15 Evidence-Based Policy Making in the Tropics: Are Developing Countries Different? 16 The Political Realities of Policy Design and Implementation Index