Understanding Policy Decisions
This book proposes a model for understanding how innovative policy decisions are taken in complex political and organizational systems as well as the possible strategies that the promoter of the innovation can employ in order to maximize the probability o
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Understanding Policy Decisions
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SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology PoliMI SpringerBriefs
Editorial Board Barbara Pernici Stefano Della Torre Bianca M. Colosimo Tiziano Faravelli Roberto Paolucci Silvia Piardi
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Bruno Dente
Understanding Policy Decisions
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Bruno Dente Politecnico di Milano Milan Italy
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ISSN 2282-2577 ISBN 978-3-319-02519-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-02520-9
ISSN 2282-2585 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-02520-9 (eBook)
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Preface
The aim of this textbook is to introduce students and young researchers to the analysis of the decision-making process. More precisely it provides a conceptual framework that can be used both for understanding how public policy decisions are taken and for designing strategies able to overcome the obstacles that make policy change difficult. As it will be explained in the following pages, it is only to be expected that in contemporary political systems policy innovation
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