Public Policy category: 4660 books
America's Environmental Legacies
Shaping Policy through Institutions and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
This powerful book focuses on the capacity of the American political system to respond to ecological challenges through policy perspectives, the constraints of our written Constitution, and the determination we muster to address these tests of national character. Put simply, this is a book about politics,...
Finding Common Ground
Governance and Natural Resources in the American West
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Over the past century, solutions to natural resources policy issues have become increasingly complex. Multiple government agencies with overlapping jurisdictions and differing mandates as well as multiple interest groups have contributed to gridlock, frequently preventing solutions in the common interest....
Multilevel Governance and Climate Change
Insights From Transport Policy
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Based on a major three-year research project, this book explores the various roles of political actors and the policies that deal with the governance of reducing transport-related carbon emissions. Using this clear - and globally crucial - example of climate change governance, the authors are able...
Corruption, Ideology, and Populism
The Rise of Valence Political Campaigning
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2017
This book investigates the ideological conditions inducing political actors to highlight corruption issues through valence campaigns. Using case studies and comparative analyses of party programmes, legislatives speeches and social media data, the author demonstrates that the more parties and/or candidates...
Climate Change and Global Policy Regimes
Towards Institutional Legitimacy
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
An analysis of the global climate talks and the key human systems threatened by increased greenhouse gas emissions including health, refugee management, energy production, carbon markets and local government.
by D. Schultz
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012
American Politics in the Age of Ignoranc e looks at ten policy myths and bad ideas that governments and public officials - most often conservatives - consistently repeat and re-enact. Acting on these myths, the policies inevitably fail and thereby reinforce preconceived beliefs that government is ineffective at solving problems.
Hybrid Governance in European Cities
Neighbourhood, Migration and Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2013
This wide-ranging study of three European cities shows how hybrid forms of governance emerge from the tensions between new ideas and past legacies, and existing institutional arrangements and powerful decision makers. Using detailed studies of migration and neighborhood policy, as well as a novel Q methodology analysis of public administrators.
Environment and Citizenship
Integrating Justice, Responsibility and Civic Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Citizenship and the environment are hotly debated, as climate change places more responsibility on individuals and institutions in shaping policy. Using new evidence and cases from across the globe, Environment and Citizenship explores the new vocabulary of ecological citizenship and examines how...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
One of the most heartening developments in climate change mitigation in recent years has been the increasing attention paid to the principle of ‘thinking globally and acting locally’. The failure of the international community to reach significant global agreements on the reduction of greenhouse...
Japanese Wartime Zoo Policy
The Silent Victims of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2010
This book examines Japanese wartime zoo policy during World War II, analyzing the reasons why the Home Ministry destroyed more than 300 showpiece animals throughout Japan well before U.S. air strikes were anticipated, with international comparisons of the effects of the war on zoos in Europe, the United States, and the Middle East.
Higher Education Rulemaking
The Politics of Creating Regulatory Policy
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
Many higher education academics and administrators have only vague notions about how the federal government makes regulations governing colleges and universities in the United States, and yet these regulations control many important aspects of the operation of these institutions. What happens after...
Inside the Welfare State
Foundations of Policy and Practice in Post-War Britain
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2008
By moving beyond consideration of the welfare legislation enacted in the 1940s, this book explains how government aid was actually provided in the new British welfare state created just after World War II. Revealing dimensions of social policy that have been neglected by scholars, this study uncovers...
Seeking Talent for Creative Cities
The Social Dynamics of Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014
With the growth of knowledge-based economies, cities across the globe must compete to attract and retain the most talented workers. Seeking Talent for Creative Cities offers a comprehensive and insightful analysis of the diverse, dynamic factors that affect cities’ ability to achieve this goal.
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Political Asylum Deceptions
The Culture of Suspicion
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
This book explores the legitimacy of political asylum applications in the US and UK through an examination of the varieties of evidence, narratives, and documentation with which they are assessed. Credibility is the central issue in determining the legitimacy of political asylum seekers, but the...