Public Policy category: 4660 books
American Indian Policy in Crisis
Christian Reformers and the Indian, 1865–1900
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2014
In this book a distinguished authority in the field presents an account of United States Indian policy in the years 1865 to 1900, one of the most critical periods in Indian-white relations. Francis Paul Prucha discusses in detail the major developments of those years—Grant's Peace Policy, the reservation...
The Policy-Making Process and Social Learning in Russia
The Case of Housing Policy
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Centering its study around three explanatory variables - actors, institutions and ideas - this book argues that Russia's hybrid institutional environment reduces the competition of policy ideas, both at the stage of policy elaboration by the community of state and non-state policy experts, and also at the stage of policy adoption by parliament.
Cooperative Innovation
Science and Technology Policy
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2019
Research cooperation in a nation is a fundamental key to national competitiveness in technology that supports growth in a national economy. To fully understand why some nations are more successful in innovation than others, one must examine the structure and process of knowledge creation and use —...
Oil and Wilderness in Alaska
Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, and National Policy Dynamics
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Colliding environmental and development interests have shaped national policy reforms supporting both oil development and environmental protection in Alaska. Oil and Wilderness in Alaska examines three significant national policy reform efforts that came out of these conflicts: the development of the...
The State and the Arts in Singapore
Policies and Institutions
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2018
This book covers Singapore's key arts policies and art institutions which have shaped the cultural landscape of the country from the 1950s to the present.
The scholars and experts in this volume critically assess arts policies and arts institutions to collectively provide an overview of how...
by R.G. Richardson, Glen Milne
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2019
Making Policy: A Guide to How the Federal Government Works
The purpose of this guide is to provide you with an up-to-date overview – and inside perspective – of how the federal government works, with particular reference to the policy and decision-making process, and suggestions for how...
by Richard Youngs
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
It is now commonly asserted that climate change will fundamentally change international relations. It has been predicted that global warming will increase conflict within and between states, intensify food insecurity, menace the global trading system and unleash waves of migration. As a result governments...
by Steven Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2006
In Understanding Environmental Policy, Steven Cohen introduces an innovative, multidimensional framework for developing effective environmental policy within the United States and around the world. He demonstrates his approach through an analysis of four case studies representing current local, national,...
No Shortcut to Change
An Unlikely Path to a More Gender Equitable World
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
A critical examination of the weaknesses inherent in international gender policy.
2018 Victoria Schuck Award from the American Political Science Association
Gender equality has become a central aspect of global governance and development in the 21st century. States increasingly promote...
Simultaneous Global Policy Making
Bottom-Up Global Policy
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2014
John Bunzl is interviewed by Dr Nicholas Beecroft on his vision for global, bottom up simultaneous policy formation- the democratisation of globalisation. John is a businessman with a simple and powerful new vision for global governance. In 2000, John Bunzl founded the International Simultaneous Policy...
The Gender Politics of Domestic Violence
Feminists Engaging the State in Central and Eastern Europe
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
What are the factors that shape domestic violence policy change and how are variable gendered meanings produced in these policies? How and when can feminists influence policy making? What conditions and policy mechanisms lead to progressive change and which ones block it or lead to reversal?
The...
Selling Diversity
Immigration, Multiculturalism, Employment Equity, and Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
Since the 1990s, Canadian policy prescriptions for immigration, multiculturalism, and employment equity have equated globalization with global markets. This interpretation has transformed men and women of various ethnic backgrounds into trade-enhancing commodities who must justify their skills and...
The politics of civil society (Second edition)
Big society and small government
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
The politics of civil society is an original, thought provoking analysis which challenges one-dimensional neoliberal thinking about civil society, and seeks to rediscover its radical roots. The original edition shifted the scholarly debate onto the new ground, offering an accessible and compelling...
by Leroy G. Dorsey
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Among Theodore Roosevelt’s many initiatives, one of the most important accomplishments was his effort to convince the nation that conserving the environment was crucial to its continued existence. Years of national tours, presidential edicts, and policy wrangling culminated in an unprecedented conference...