Public Policy category: 4660 books
Contrived Laissez-Faireism
The Politico-Economic Structure of British Colonialism in Hong Kong
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
This book analyses neo-liberal economic policy in Hong Kong and its relationship to British colonial governance. Using historical, political, and economic examples, the author argues that the growth and stability experienced by Hong Kong in the post-WWII/pre-1997 era was a direct result of policies...
Singapore's Foreign Policy
The Search for Regional Order
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2007
The conventional understanding of Singapore's foreign policy can be summarized in three main propositions: first, it is dictated by the imperatives of being a small state; second, its primary purpose is to ensure Singapore's survival, given its small size; and third, this logic of survival dictates...
Government at Work
Policymaking in the Twenty-First-Century Congress
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
In this edited volume, an array of scholars has examined recent policymaking efforts in selected areas of contemporary importance. Government at Work: Policymaking in the Twenty-First Century Congress provides chapter-length treatment to reveal the similarities and fundamentals of policy development...
Making Good Law or Good Policy?
The Causes and Effects of State Supreme Court Judges’ Role Orientations
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2017
This book uses role theory to analyze the judicial decisions made by state supreme court judges. Grounded in the fields of anthropology, business management, psychology, and sociology, role theory holds that, for each position an individual occupies in society, he or she creates a role orientation,...
Owls and Eagles
Ending the Foreign Policy Flights of Fancy of Hawks, Doves, and Neo-Cons
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2005
Leading national security strategist Harlan K. Ullman is well known for his aggressive, no nonsense approach to U.S. foreign policy. By his own description, he demands a smarter, realistic policy, one that is 'informed by fact and reason and not ideology and tough when it must be.' The time span of...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
The Handbook of Global Companies brings together original research addressing the latest theories and empirical analysis surrounding the role of global companies in local, national, and international governance.
Offers new insights into the role of global companies in relation to policy and governance...
Smart Technologies for Smart Governments
Transparency, Efficiency and Organizational Issues
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
This book examines the introduction of smart technologies into public administrations and the organizational issues caused by these implementations, and the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to rationalize and improve government, transform governance and organizational...
The Western Confluence
A Guide To Governing Natural Resources
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
For 150 years, the American West has been shaped by persistconflicts over natural resources. This has given rise to a succession of strategies for resolving disputes-prior appropriation, scientific management, public participation, citizen ballot initiatives, public interest litigation, devolution,...
Global Climate Governance Beyond 2012
Architecture, Agency and Adaptation
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2010
An assessment of policy options for future global climate governance, written by a team of leading experts from the European Union and developing countries. Global climate governance is at a crossroads. The 1997 Kyoto Protocol was merely a first step, and its core commitments expire in 2012. This...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Although the science of climate change is well-established and there are well-known policy instruments that could significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions without prohibitive economic costs, political obstacles to more determined action remain despite heightened concern among mainstream...
Societal Security and Crisis Management
Governance Capacity and Legitimacy
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2018
This book studies governance capacity* and governance legitimacy *for societal security and crisis management. It highlights the importance of building organizational capacity by focusing on the coordination of public resources and underscores the relevance of legitimacy by emphasizing the importance...
The Origins of the Arts Council Movement
Philanthropy and Policy
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
This important new book offers an intellectual history of the ‘arts council’ policy model, identifying and exploring the ideas embedded in the model and actions of intellectuals, philanthropists and wealthy aesthetes in its establishment in the mid-twentieth century. The book examines the history...
The Politics of Moral Sin
Abortion and Divorce in Spain, Chile and Argentina
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This book analyzes the problems that arise when women's rights conflict with the views of conservative organized religion.
Specifically, it addresses the legalization - or lack thereof - of divorce and abortion in three recently democratized Catholic countries: Spain, Chile, and Argentina....
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
This report summarizes the current state of water pollution and water pollution management strategies in the People's Republic of China (PRC). It also provides specific recommendations for implementing market-based policy instruments, such designed to mitigate water pollution and its negative effects....