Policy Framing Issues in the World of COVID-19

This book is a somewhat unusual depiction of a difficult policy issue. It transcends almost all boundaries because of its constant change and its movement across many different participants. It was found attached to a range of policy topics, methodologies and approaches. Some of these were familiar while others seemed new. Interest in this topic was exhibited across the globe and did not appear to be delivered along with a narrow political agenda. While researchers tended to re-examine classic public policy literatures (such as those dealing with implementation, federalism and budgeting) they did so by raising unusual issues. But this was not typical since analysts are likely to emphasize similarities rather than differences in settings.

About the Author :
Beryl A. Radin is an author, researcher and academic. An elected member of the National Academy of Public Administration, she was the Managing Editor of the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory from 2000 to 2005. She created and served as the editor of the Georgetown University Press book series, Public Management and Change. Her government service included two years as a Special Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget of the US Department of Health and Human Services, the Commission on Civil Rights, and other agencies and a range of consultancies. Professor Radin has written more than a dozen books and many articles on public policy and public management issues. Much of her work has focused on policy analysis, intergovernmental relationships and federal management change. Her recent work has focused on comparative policy analysis. Her most recent books are Defining Policy Analysis: A Journey that Never Ends, (published by Cambridge Elements: Public Policy); Policy Analysis in the Twenty-First Century: Complexity, Conflict, and Cases (published by Routledge); the second edition of her book on policy analysis, Beyond Machiavelli: Policy Analysis Reaches Midlife; and Federal Management Reform in a World of Contradictions, both published by Georgetown University Press. Dr. Radin has been a past president of the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management and has been active in the public administration section of the American Political Science Association and the Public Management Research Association as well as the International Public Policy Association. She received the 2014 International Research Society for Public Management Routledge Prize for outstanding contribution to public management research, the John Gaus Award from the American Political Science Association in 2012, and the H. George Frederickson Award for lifetime achievement from the Public Management Research Association in 2009. She was the recipient of the 2002 Donald Stone Award given by the American Society for Public Administration's section on intergovernmental management to recognize a scholar's distinguished record. She was a senior Fulbright lecturer in India and has continued research in that country; she has also been involved in teaching and research in Hong Kong, Israel, Denmark, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, and Australia.