Public Policy and Private Interest explains the complexities of the policy making process in a refreshingly clear way for students who are new to this subject. The key topics it explains are: How policy originates, is refined, legitimised, implemented, evaluated and terminated in the forms of theoretical models of the policy process;Which actors and institutions are most influential in determining the nature of policy;The values that shape the policy agenda such as ideology, institutional self-interest and resource capabilities;The outcome of policies, and why they succeed or fail;The main policy theories including the very latest insights from network theory and post-modernism;How national policy is influenced by globalization.The text is fully illustrated throughout with a broad range of national and international case studies on subjects such as the banking crisis, the creation of unitary authorities and global environmental policy and regulation.Combining both a clear summary of debates and theories in public policy and a new and original approach to the subject, this book is essential reading for students of public policy and policy analysis. 8 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Tables, black and white; 8 Illustrations, black and white