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Public Policy and Leadership: Research

This guide is designed to direct you to useful Public Policy and Leadership resources. We welcome any suggestions and recommendations to enhance this guide. Please send your suggestion to any of the librarians on this page.

Areas

Research Areas in Anthropology & Sociology

  • Critical Health Studies
  • Economy, Works and Development
  • Social Justice & Inequality

Research Methodology

There is a wide variety of material within the University of Malaya Library on research methodologies suitable for policy research, dissertation or thesis preparation. This includes material on the academic writing process, citation principles, etc.

List of recent material in this area-

Chrisinger, D. (2022). Public policy writing that matters (2nd Edition). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Pennock, A. S. (2022). The CQ press writing guide for public policy (2nd Edition). London: CQ Press.

Noh, Abdillah & Haji Yashaiya, Nadia. (2022). Issues in Public Policy and Administration in Malaysia: An Institutional Analysis. Singapore: World Scientific.

Gooden, S. T. & R. M. Berry-James. (2018). Why research method matters: Essential skills for decision-making. New York: Melvin & Leigh, Publishers.

McNabb, D. E. (2017). Research methods in public administration and nonprofit management (4th Edition). London: Routledge.

Moran, M., Rein, M. & R. E. Goodin. (Eds,) (2008). The Oxford handbook of public policy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Thiel, S. V. (2021). Research methods in public administration and public management (2nd Edition). London: Routledge.

Smith, C. (2022). Writing public policy: A practical guide in communicating in the policymaking process (6th Edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Bardach, E. S. & E. M. Patashnik. (2023). A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The eightfold path to more effective problem solving (7th Edition). London: CQ Press.

Bekes, G. & G. Kezdi. (2020). Data analysis for business, economics, and policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Chen, J. C., Rubin, E. A. & G. J. Cornwall. (2021). Data science for public policy. London: Springer.

Bertoni, E., Fontana, M., Gabrielli, L., Signorelli, S., & M. Vespe (Eds.) (2023). Handbook of computational social science for policy. London: Springer.

Peters, G. & G. Fontaine (Eds.) (2022). Handbook of research methods and applications in comparative policy analysis. London: Edward Elgar.

Rassel, G. Leland, S., Mohr, Z. & E. O'Sullivan. (2021). Research methods for public administrators (7th Edition). London: Routledge.