Policy formulation: Where knowledge meets power in the policy process

• Main Authors: HOWLETT, Michael, MUKHERJEE, Ishani
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation; Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2778
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Policy formulation relies upon the interplay of knowledge-based analysis of issues with power-based considerations, such as the political assessment of the costs and benefits of proposed actions, and its effects on the partisan and electoral concerns of governments. Policy scholars have long been in...