Public Policy category: 4660 books
Aftermath
The Unintended Consequences of Public Policies
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
Government policies created for one set of purposes almost always generate additional results that were not part of the original plan. Very often these unintended consequences are seriously adverse, and in some cases are so severe as to render the policy a failure. In Aftermath, noted economist...
Fighting Back the Right
Reclaiming America from the Attack on Reason
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2014
The political scene is changing rapidly in America. The religious right is on the defensive, acceptance of gay rights is at an all-time high, social conservatives are struggling for relevance, and more Americans than ever identify as nonreligious. What does this mean for the country and the future?...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Sport Policy in Canada provides the first and most comprehensive analysis of the new Canadian Sport Policy adopted in 2012. In light of this new policy, the authors, top scholars in the field, provide detailed accounts of the most salient sport policies and programs, while also discussing issues and...
Resisting Reform?
Water Profits and Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2009
A wide range of people and organisations, united by either a belief in market-based economics or a financial stake in the water business or both, are convinced that water should primarily be treated as a commodity to be bought and sold so that all water services can cover their costs. To this end,...
Digital Public Administration and E-Government in Developing Nations
Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2013
In recent years, it has become apparent that there are very distinct gaps between developed and developing regions in the world, especially in regards to e-government systems, infrastructures, and processes. Digital Public Administration and E-Government in Developing Nations: Policy and Practice examines...
Curriculum Reform in Ontario
'Common-Sense' Policy Processes and Democratic Possibilities
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2012
This first full account of curriculum policy formulation in 1990s Ontario helps readers understand the real-life experiences of policymakers both within the province and internationally.
Having worked as a policy analyst for the Government of Ontario, a public school teacher, and a university...
Players in the Public Policy Process
Nonprofits as Social Capital and Agents
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
This book carefully develops the perspective of nonprofit organizations as social capital assets and agents of public policy within a principal-agent framework. It shows the practical as well as managerial and marketing advantages of such an approach, one that can lead to serious questions about many...
Think Tanks and Foreign Policy
The Foreign Policy Research Institute and Presidential Politics
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2010
Think tanks have become increasingly important in American politics foreign policy. In the last thirty years think tanks have emerged as major actors on the political stage, comparable in influence to large interest groups, political parties, and government agencies. In the same time span these think...
Evidence-Based Policy
A Practical Guide to Doing It Better
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Over the last twenty or so years, it has become standard to require policy makers to base their recommendations on evidence. That is now uncontroversial to the point of triviality--of course, policy should be based on the facts. But are the methods that policy makers rely on to gather and analyze...
Making Policy, Making Law
An Interbranch Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2004
The functioning of the U.S. government is a bit messier than Americans would like to think. The general understanding of policymaking has Congress making the laws, executive agencies implementing them, and the courts applying the laws as written—as long as those laws are constitutional. Making Policy,...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Policy analysis in France lays the foundation for a more systematic understanding of policy analysis in the country. In doing so, the volume discusses the role of the State and its restructuring, processes of government and governance, and State-Society relationships and policies as both a process...
Climate Policy Options Post-2012
European strategy, technology and adaptation after Kyoto
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
This special issue of the Climate Policy journal addresses the following key questions: * What long-term range of policies for climate change adaptation and mitigation should Europe pursue to adequately enhance sustainability on a global level? * What are the implications of long-term European climate...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2016
with foreword by Michael X. Delli Carpini, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, USA
This book critiques U.S. public policy about communication and offers guidelines to improve public safety and create strong democratic communities. The lack of effective emergency...
Claiming India from Below
Activism and democratic transformation
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Going beyond electoral politics and government, this volume broadens the scope of the functioning of democracy in India, and explores citizens’ role in the implementation of public policy. It looks at the ways in which extra-parliamentary power monitoring devices such as public institutions, citizens’...