Public Policy category: 4660 books
Public Libraries and their National Policies
International Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2012
Public Libraries and their National Policies is aimed at practicing librarians and scholars with an interest in public libraries. It examines the various models for providing public library services around the world and discusses differences in such areas as funding sources, standards, regulations...
Reframing health and health policy in Ireland
A governmental analysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2017
This edited collection is the first to apply the theoretical lens of post-Foucauldian governmentality to an analysis of health problems, practices, and policy in Ireland. Drawing on empirical examples related to childhood, obesity, mental health, smoking, ageing and others, the collection explores...
Reproductive Rights in the Age of Human Rights
Pro-life Politics from Roe to Hobby Lobby
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
This book traces the development of the discourse used by the pro-life movement since the 1970s, and its relationship to public policy efforts at the state and federal level. The pro-life movement’s successes, both in legislative efforts to limit access to abortion as well changing the public’s...
Corporate Responsibility and Sustainable Development
Exploring the nexus of private and public interests
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Corporate responsibility and sustainable development are two concepts that may be able to reconcile many of the big challenges facing the world; challenges such as tensions between respect for the natural environment, social justice, and economic development; the long view versus short-term imperatives...
The New Regulation and Governance of Food
Beyond the Food Crisis?
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
Major questions surround who, how, and by what means should the interests of government, the private sector, or consumers hold authority and powers over decisions concerning the production and consumption of foods. This book examines the development of food policy and regulation following the BSE...
Talking Politics?
What You Need to Know before Opening Your Mouth
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
Honest, objective, and informed political debates are all too rare in today’s polarized and partisan climate. Public policy is increasingly driven by ideology while political spin, distortions, and even demonizing opponents by disseminating outright lies are routine practice from Washington to the...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
This report from the minority staff of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works examines, in the words of the Republican staff, how "a club of billionaires and their foundations control the environmental movement and the EPA." Here are some quotes from this document:
"In...
Welfare Theory
An Introduction to the Theoretical Debates in Social Policy
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2011
What are the concepts and principles that underpin the design and delivery of social policies?
This thoroughly revised edition of a trusted text provides an authoritative introduction to the theoretical framework of social policy. Drawing upon the fields of politics, sociology and philosophy,...
Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi
Social, Political and Environmental Issues
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi is a timely and groundbreaking account of the disturbing landscape of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown amidst an earthquake and tsunami on Japan’s northeast coastline on March 11, 2011. It provides riveting insights into the social and political landscape...
Affluence and Influence
Economic Inequality and Political Power in America
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2012
Can a country be a democracy if its government only responds to the preferences of the rich? In an ideal democracy, all citizens should have equal influence on government policy--but as this book demonstrates, America's policymakers respond almost exclusively to the preferences of the economically...
Electoral Systems and Governance
How Diversity Can Improve Policy-Making
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014
Diversity and dissent have been shown to improve decision-making in small groups. This understanding can be extended to the political arena and in turn it can enlighten ideas about policy-making.
This book focuses on the relationship between electoral institutions and policy outcomes in order...
Environmental Policies in Asia
Perspectives from Seven Asian Countries
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Environmental Policies in Asia highlights the environmental challenges Asian planners and policymakers face as the continent undergoes rapid economic growth in the 21st Century. Edited by Jing Huang and Shreekant Gupta, with contributions from leading Asian scholar practitioners, this timely and unique...
Urban Transportation Planning in the United States
History, Policy, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
In this new fifth edition, there is a strong focus on the increasing concern over infrastructure resilience from the threat of serious storms, human activity, and population growth. The new edition also looks technologies that urban transportation planners are increasingly focused on, such as vehicle...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
As governments and policy makers take advantage of information and communication technologies, leaders must understand how to navigate the ever-shifting landscape of modern technologies in order to be most effective in enacting change and leading their constituents. The Handbook of Research on Advanced...