Public Policy category: 4660 books
Same-Sex Marriage in Latin America
Promise and Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
This book is a follow-up volume to Same-Sex Marriage in the Americas: Policy Innovation for Same-Sex Relationships published by Lexington Books in 2010. It sheds light on regional, national, and individual-level factors that have led to major developments for same-sex relationship equality in Latin...
by Conrad Black
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2019
“The bell of opportunity tolls for us, and the world, for once, will listen. It is our turn,” writes Conrad Black in this scintillating blueprint for a bolder Canadian future.
"Black’s Manifesto reminds us who we were and, therefore, who we are. In doing so, he lays the groundwork...
From Kyoto to the Town Hall
Making International and National Climate Policy Work at the Local Level
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
International agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol, EU regulation and country-specific national climate policies offer some hope of addressing climate change. But all too often implementation of these high level objectives is derailed at the sub-national, local and - perhaps most important - individual...
by Siao See Teng, Justin Lee
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2016
In 2015, Singapore celebrated 50 years of independence. The Institute of Policy took stock of how the choices people made have led the city-state to where she is today. As achievements are being celebrated, a conversation about the road ahead also begins. With much nation-building efforts premised...
Beyond Bureaucracy
Towards Sustainable Governance Informatisation
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2017
This book examines the role of bureaucracy in modern technologically advanced societies, the traditional models of governance, and the potential of information technology to fundamentally change and improve governance. In the area of public-domain governance, information and communication technologies...
Political Stability & Sustainability as Key Success Factors in Developing Malaysia
Keynote Address by Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, Fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2006
Before Malaya's independence in 1957, the British segregated the Malays from the non-Malays for their own political and economical benefits, the outcome of which was a lack of inter-racial harmony although there was tolerance and accommodation. The segregation was further deepened because the Government...
by Peter Ho
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2017
Peter Ho, former Head of the Singapore Civil Service, was the Institute of Policy Studies' 2016/17 S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore.
This book collects the four IPS-Nathan Lectures that he delivered between April and May 2017, and gathers highlights of his dialogues with the audience.
Ho...
The Craft of Governing
The contribution of Patrick Weller to Australian political science
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
'Bargaining and puzzling; power and thought; dealing and agonising; compromise and commitment. These are two sides of political practitioners whether politician, public servant or campaigner. Understand the interplay and we can, just sometimes, make sense of the real world we seek to interpret.'
Patrick...
Climate Policy Changes in Germany and Japan
A Path to Paradigmatic Policy Change
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
Climate Policy Changes in Germany and Japan compares two decades of climate policy development in Germany and Japan. It examines whether there is any difference between the types and levels of policy change in the two countries, and, if so, what factors account for the difference. Using a comparison...
by Paul Cairney
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2016
The Politics of Evidence Based Policymakingidentifies how to work with policymakers to maximize the use of scientific evidence. Policymakers cannot consider all evidence relevant to policy problems. They use two shortcuts: ‘rational’ ways to gather enough evidence, and ‘irrational’ decision-making,...
American Energy
The Politics of 21st Century Policy
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
There are rapid, and sometimes radical, changes now transforming energy production and consumption in the United States. Utilizing contemporary examples throughout his narrative, Walter A. Rosenbaum captures this transformation in American Energy: The Politics of 21st Century Policy while analyzing...
Scientists, Experts, and Civic Engagement
Walking a Fine Line
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
How do scientists, scholars, and other experts engage with the general public and with the communities affected by their work or residing in their sites of study? Where are the fine lines between public scholarship, civic engagement, and activism? Must academics 'give back' once they collect data...
by
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
The first available textbook on the rapidly growing and increasingly important field of government analytics This first textbook on the increasingly important field of government analytics provides invaluable knowledge and training for students of government in the synthesis, interpretation, and communication...
Democratic Accountability and International Human Development
Regimes, institutions and resources
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
Scholars and policymakers have long known that there is a strong link between human development and spending on key areas such as education and health. However, many states still neglect these considerations in favour of competing priorities, such as expanding their armies. This book examines how...