{"product_id":"policy-making-as-designing-arwin-van-buuren-9781447365938","title":"Policy-Making as Designing: The Added Value of Design Thinking for Public Administration and Public Policy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe articles on which Chapters 4, 5 and 6 are based are available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesign approaches to policy-making have gained increasing popularity among policy makers in recent years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published as a special issue of Policy \u0026amp; Politics, this book presents original critical reflections on the value of design approaches and how they relate to the classical idea of public administration as a design science, with a new concluding chapter. Contributors consider the potential, challenges and applications of design approaches and distinguish between three methods currently characterising the discipline: design as optimisation, design as exploration and design as co-creation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeveloping the dialogue around public administration as a design science, this collection explores how a more 'designerly' way of thinking can improve public administration and public policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arwin Van Buuren\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1447365933\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781447365938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Policy Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Arwin Van Buuren","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44066256519423,"sku":"9781447365938","price":149.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5d44d417-fb8c-4961-b9f8-e7d9c047e983.jpg?v=1685406205","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/policy-making-as-designing-arwin-van-buuren-9781447365938","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}