In this book, an international group of public policy scholars revisit the stage of formulating policy solutions by investigating the basic political dimensions inherent to this critical phase of the policy process.
The book focuses attention on how policymakers craft their policy proposals, match them with public problems, debate their feasibility to build coalitions and dispute their acceptability as serious contenders for government consideration.

Contributions by: Charlotte Halpern, Magdalena Martinez, Ilona van Breugel, Sebastien Chailleux, Philippe Deuffic, Gabrielle Bouleau, Magalie Bourblanc, Gerry Alons, Sonja Blum