Making Public Policy Decisions

Abstract

1. Making Policy Decisions (Damon Alexander and Jenny M. Lewis) 2: Not Only What, But How: The Role of expertise in developing public sector leadership (Richard T. Marcy) 3. How Governments Think: Skills, expertise, and experience in public policy making (Damon Alexander, Jenny M. Lewis and Mark Considine) 4. A Matter of Personality? Stability and change in EU leaders' beliefs during the Euro-crisis (Femke Van Esch) 5. The Impact of Expertise on Crisis Management: Real-time evidence on response decisions by a public health agency during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic (Erik Baekkeskov) 6. Performing a Collaborative Self: Emotions, expertise and ethics in network decisions (Helen Sullivan) 7. Decision-Making at the Frontline: Exploring coping with moral conflicts during public service delivery (Evelien Vink, Lars Tummers, Victor Bekkers and Michael Musheno) 8. Policy Entrepreneurs, Creative Teamwork, and Policy Change (Michael Mintrom and Chris Salisbury) 9. Prime Ministers' Chiefs of Staff: Coping with wild treachery and weirdness (R.A.W. Rhodes and Anne Tiernan) 10. Leadership of Reforming Governments: The role of political tandems (Paul Strangio, Paul 't Hart and James Walter)