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Public inquiries, policy learning, and the threat of future crises /

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In the aftermath of major crises governments turn to public inquiries to learn lessons. Inquiries often challenge established authority, frame heroes and villains in the public spotlight and deliver courtroom-like drama to hungry journalists. As such, they can become high-profile political stories i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stark, Alastair (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Governmental investigations > Evaluation > Cross-cultural studies.
Governmental investigations > Moral and ethical aspects > Cross-cultural studies.
Governmental investigations > Evaluation.
Governance.
Ermittlung.
Öffentlicher Sektor.
Internationaler Vergleich.
Cross-cultural studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Failing to learn : the state or the academy
  • Types of policy learning and the inquiry process
  • Inquiry agent and their logics for action
  • Priming the analysis
  • Lesson- learning and resilience to future crises
  • Crafting and forgetting policy lessons
  • Logics for action and conventional wisdom.