Policy-making Under Pressure offers a comprehensive analysis of New Zealand's public policy landscape, exploring its challenging dynamics and the need for systemic improvement. Brand new and featuring 316 pages in a 152 x 228 mm paperback format, this enlightening book is an essential read for policymakers, scholars, and anyone interested in the nuances of governance in Aotearoa. Authors Sonia Mazey and Jeremy Richardson delve into the issues that plague the policy process, such as child poverty, affordable housing, youth suicide, water pollution, and obesity. By engaging with a diverse range of contributors—former government ministers, senior public servants, and stakeholders—they provide invaluable insights into both the strengths and weaknesses of the current system. This expert guide points out the realities of policy-making under pressure and further explores how these problems vary in intensity across different sectors. Through first-hand accounts, the authors adeptly connect theory with practice, bringing clarity to the complexities of New Zealand’s governance challenges. Discover how to navigate the policy-making maze, understand common government pitfalls, and explore innovative solutions to enhance public policy outcomes. Ideal for academics and practitioners alike, Policy-making Under Pressure is a pivotal resource for those seeking to facilitate positive change in New Zealand's policy landscape. Excellent delivery options are available, ensuring your copy reaches you promptly.

CONDITION: Brand New
Dimensions: 152 x 228 mm
Pages: 316
Bind: paperback
Authors: Sonia Mazey, Jeremy Richardson Publisher: Canterbury University Press
Publication Date: 22-11-2021

Public policy-making in Aotearoa New Zealand has a patchy track record. In many policy sectors New Zealand performs no worse than many other advanced democracies, and in some it is recognised as world leading. But it is clear that the system is under pressure, confronted with an endless conveyor belt of problems. By international standards, New Zealand ranks poorly in some sectors, notably child poverty, affordable housing, youth suicide, water pollution and obesity. To better serve the ‘team of five million‘, how can the public policy process be improved? Sonia Mazey and Jeremy Richardson, academics whose working lives have been spent researching the policy-making process, sought to answer this question with the help of people with extensive policy-making experience. Policy-making Under Pressure features a diverse team of contributors including former government ministers, senior public servants, commentators and representatives of key stakeholder groups. Their reflections and perspectives provide expert insights into the strengths and weaknesses of the New Zealand policy process, and offer new angles on persistent problems and policy processes. Drawing upon these first-hand accounts and linking them to classic theories of public policy-making, Mazey and Richardson explain in an accessible way why government ‘stuff-ups’ happen, and suggest practical steps the policy establishment could take to improve policy-making in New Zealand. W