Public Policy category: 4660 books
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Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
The days of rationalist scientific management and deference to official data are behind us. The credibility of experts and the information they provide are regularly challenged; officials are routinely provided with conflicting sets of facts as they plan and make decisions; and decision makers and...
by Malcolm Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Medicare in Canada is not only this country's most treasured social program it has become a defining national characteristic. Even with recent concerns over flaws in the system - long wait times shortages of key service providers - leading to questions about the possible benefits of a two-tiered...
The Quest for Human Longevity
Science, Business, and Public Policy
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2017
"Many scientists today are working to retard the aging process in humans so as to increase both life expectancy and the quality of life. Over the past decade impressive results have been achieved in targeting the mechanisms and pathways of aging. In The Quest for Human Longevity, Lewis D. Solomon...
by Laura H. Kahn
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Zoonoses—infectious diseases, such as SARS and mad cow, that originate in animals and spread to humans—reveal how intimately animal and human health are linked. Complicating this relationship further, when livestock are given antibiotics to increase growth, it can lead to resistant bacteria. Unfortunately,...
by Research Centre (KPY), Kevin Robins, Yasemin Şeyben
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016
The Cultural Policy and Management Research Centre (KPY) at Istanbul Bilgi University is
once again delivering its annual publication, covering major issues and debates of the 2014-
2015 period. This 2014-2015 issue is the fifth in the KPY Yearbook series, published by
Istanbul...
Sicker, Fatter, Poorer
The Urgent Threat of Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals to Our Health and Future . . . and What We Can Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
A leading voice in public health policy and top environmental medicine scientist reveals the alarming truth about how hormone-disrupting chemicals are affecting our daily lives—and what we can do to protect ourselves and fight back.
Lurking in our homes, hiding in our offices, and polluting...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Given the global crises confronting the world today, it is important to interrogate the notion of “the modern state” and to evaluate its effectiveness in providing security and services for its populations, including the most disadvantaged and vulnerable. This book investigates the modern state’s...
by Joop de Wit
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
This book explores the informal (political) patronage relations between the urban poor and service delivery organisations in Mumbai, India. It examines the conditions of people in the slums and traces the extent to which they are subject to social and political exclusion. Delving into the roles of...
Informal Markets, Livelihood and Politics
Street vendors in urban India
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
Low industrial growth, declining agricultural sector and limited expansion of formal sector employment in India have increasingly forced the poor to take recourse to informal sources of livelihoods. Street vending is one such thriving source of self-employment across cities.
This book delves...
The Future of U.S. Ocean Policy
Choices For The New Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2013
The United States is about to embark on the mthorough reconsideration of its ocean policy in more than three decades. With 1998 designated as the International Year of the Ocean by the United Nations, and with both the executive branch and the Congress currently working toward developing new approaches...
Modes of Politicization in the Irish Civil Service
Ministers and the Politico-Administrative Relationship in Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
This book presents a study of the relationship between Cabinet-level Ministers and top civil servants in Ireland. The nature of this relationship can potentially have far-reaching effects on people’s lives as it can influence the type of public policy agreed at top levels of government. A total...
Oceans and Human Health
Implications for Society and Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
Human health and well-being are tied to the vitality of the global ocean and coastal systems on which so many live and rely. We engage with these extraordinary environments to enhance both our health and our well-being. But, we need to recognize that introducing contaminants and otherwise altering...
The Private Member of Parliament and the Formation of Public Policy
A New Zealand Case Study
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1964
In this attempt to determine the degree of power or influence possessed by the New Zealand private Member of Parliament, Robert Kelson has consulted parliamentary documents, the New Zealand press, and party documents. His study is based as well on data collected during attendance at the House and...
by S Vasoo, Bilveer Singh
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2018
Singapore's progress as an independent nation and the uplifting of its people's livelihood have been made possible by stable social and political conditions. A more important factor in driving these positive changes lies with people-centric leadership. One can contrast the case of Singapore with societies...