Introduction to “Constructing Policy Work in a Changing Governmental Environment”

Policy’ has become such a central concept in our discussion of government that it is surprising to note that the term does not exist in most European languages (English and Dutch being the main exceptions). Th is serves to remind us firstly, that the focus on policy as a central organising construct is relatively new, and secondly, how much the discourse about government (both academic and professional) has been dominated by Anglophone perceptions and concerns.[...]