Public Policy category: 4660 books
Networked Governance and Transatlantic Relations
Building Bridges through Science Diplomacy
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
In today’s complex and interconnected world, scholars of international relations seek to better understand challenges spurred by intensified global communication and interaction. The complex connectedness of modern society and politics compels us to investigate the pattern of interconnections among...
The Politics of Cultural Development
Trade, cultural policy and the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
There is a growing recognition of the role that culture can play in sustainable development strategies. This development has generally been welcomed, but also raises a number of questions: What are the implications in policy and practice? Who are the most influential voices in promoting a global agenda...
Organizing for Policy Influence
Comparing Parties, Interest Groups, and Direct Action
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2017
In this book, Benjamin Farrer explains how activists can influence the policies they care about, even when they are outnumbered and their issues are ignored. The solution lies in a surprising place: organizational choice. Different types of organizations will be more influential under particular democratic...
Environmental Communication and Critical Coastal Policy
Communities, Culture and Nature
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
The vast majority of the world’s population lives on or near the coast. These communities are an extraordinary and largely untapped resource that can be used to mitigate planetary disaster and foster environmental stewardship. Repeated waves of scientific fact and information are not inciting action,...
Assessing European Neighbourhood Policy
Perspectives from the Literature
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Several events in the past few years have dramatically shown how the interests of European citizens are directly affected by the stability, security and prosperity of their neighbouring regions. At the same time, the European Union and its member states face many challenges and dilemmas in designing...
Japan's Environmental Politics and Governance
From Trading Nation to EcoNation
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Environmental issues stretch across scales of geographic space and require action at multiple levels of jurisdiction, including the individual level, community level, national level, and global level. Much of the scholarly work surrounding new approaches to environmental governance tends to overlook...
Heroin Addiction and The British System
Volume I Origins and Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
The British system of dealing with drug addiction is notable for its flexibility and its capacity to adapt to changing circumstances. Because of this it has attracted considerable international interest, although it is rarely fully understood or accurately represented.
Presenting a comprehensive...
Climate Change Policy in Japan
From the 1980s to 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
Amidst growing environmental concerns worldwide, Japan is seen as particularly vulnerable to the effects of changing climate. This book considers Japan’s response to the climate change problem from the late 1980s up to the present day, assessing how the Japanese government’s policy-making process...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
China has been subject to floods, droughts and heat waves for millennia; these hazards are not new. What is new is how rapidly climate risks are changing for different groups of people and sectors. This is due to the unprecedented rates of socio-economic development, migration, land-use change, pollution...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
The current policy for climate change prioritises mitigation over adaptation. The collected papers of Climate Change as Environmental and Economic Hazard argue that although efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are still vital, the new policy paradigm should shift the priority to adaptation,...
by Croitoru Lelia; Sarraf Maria
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
How much is a cleaner environment worth? For policy makers, that question goes largely unanswered. It's not that the environment is seen as unimportant. It's simply much easier to compare the costs and benefits of tangible projects such as airports and electrical grids, than it is to weigh...
Federalizing the Muse
United States Arts Policy and the National Endowment for the Arts, 1965-1980
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2005
The National Endowment for the Arts is often accused of embodying a liberal agenda within the American government. In Federalizing the Muse, Donna Binkiewicz assesses the leadership and goals of Presidents Kennedy through Carter, as well as Congress and the National Council on the Arts, drawing a...
Good Enough for Government Work
The Public Reputation Crisis in America (And What We Can Do to Fix It)
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2019
American government is in the midst of a reputation crisis. An overwhelming majority of citizens—Republicans and Democrats alike—hold negative perceptions of the government and believe it is wasteful, inefficient, and doing a generally poor job managing public programs and providing public services....
by Jonathan Paquette
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2019
This book explores how federalism — a unique, social, and political reality that influences policy development and implementation — contributes to shaping cultural policies in a variety of federations. Building on the cases of a wide variety of countries, including Argentina, India and Australia,...